Oxnard, CA -- She is one of Ventura’s County’s leading advocates for helping people with a brain injury try to resume a “normal” life. She is bright, personable and energetic and has been working for this cause for over 20 years. Her name is Lee Staniland and she, too, has a brain injury.
Lee is a 5’1” dynamo who serves on the Board of Directors of the Brain Injury Center, the non-profit organization that works to help Ventura County’s estimated 16,000 people with brain injury and their families. She recently ...
Letter to the Editor
(this letter was printed in the LA Times on October 9, 2005 in response to the two Times articles of October 5, 2009: War Injury Leads to Advances at Home; and Brain Matters)
It’s a national tragedy that massive numbers of our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are suffering brain injuries. Only now is public attention being focused on this serious disability. As you report, an estimated 2% of Americans have brain injuries severe enough to affect their lives.
In addition to head ...
September 24, 2008 — Changes in the way the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) evaluates traumatic brain injury (TBI) could quadruple payments to some veterans with this type of brain trauma.
"These important regulatory changes will allow VA decision makers to better assess the consequences of these injuries and ensure veterans are properly compensated for their residual effects," James B. Peake, MD, secretary of Veterans Affairs, said in a statement.
The Associated Press reports that the new compensation is based on the expectation that some troops with the even mildest form of TBI could end up ...
Linda Wells
She is an exceptional motivational speaker, but often can’t retrieve the simplest word. She raises money for the cause that drives her life but can’t tell you how many quarters are in a dollar. She can carry on a conversation with wit and intelligence, but can’t pronounce the names of her two sons.
Her name is Linda Wells and 15 years ago she had a significant brain injury. Like most brain injuries, it changed her life forever. It just didn’t slow her down.
What started as a ...
And to end the Newsletter, a word from the President: Dave Wilk
I am extremely proud of our accomplishments over the past three months. In March we staged Ventura County’s first-ever Brain Injury Conference with terrific attendance and nothing but positive feedback from attendees and participants. BIC’s Professional Advisory Board and everyone involved are eager to put together an even more comprehensive conference next year.
We have now successfully launched new support groups in Camarillo for people who live with brain injury and their families and these groups grow stronger every session. ...
1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Bob and Carol Cole - 75 Teloma Drive, Ventura, CA
Bring your swimsuit and towel and, if your last name begins starts with A-M bring a salad – bring a dessert if your last name starts with N-Z. Tri-tip, chili beans and drinks will be provided. Please RSVP to the Coles at 805/642-8739
Please call our office at 805/482-1312 for advertising, sponsorship and underwriting opportunities
The 2009 Ventura County Brain Injury Conference
Saturday. March 20, 2009
Addressing the Needs of:
• professionals
• people living with brain inury
• families and caretakers
1 p.m. to 3.p.m. at Oxnard Beach Park, 1601 S. Harbor Blvd., Oxnard
This is an annual picnic for people with disabilities and their families and friends held at a completely accessible beach. The Brain Injury Center will have an information booth as will other organizations offering assistance to persons with disabilities. Come for a day of live entertainment, displays, door prizes, kite flying, refreshments, food, fun and festivities – food is served from 11:30am – 1:30pm. For additional picnic information call 805/947-8373 or 985-3993.
Topics will include government benefit eligibility, Special Needs Trusts, guardianship and conservatorship financial security
This workshop will be presented at two different dates and times for your convenience: Tuesday, July 21 4pm – 6pm at the Camarillo Health Care District, 3639 E. Las Posas, Building E, Camarillo and Saturday, August 1 – 11 a.m. – 12 noon at Western Commercial Bank, 1000 Town Center Drive, #125, Oxnard, CA.
