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What Are the Characteristics of Traumatic Brain Injury in Older Adults?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2012

Glynda J. Kinsella
Glynda J. Kinsella*
Affiliation:
Psychological Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia; Psychology Department, Caulfield Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. [email protected]
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*Address for correspondence: Glynda Kinsella, Psychological Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne VIC 3086, Australia.
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Abstract

The Australian community is ageing; over the next 40 years, our population over the age of 65 years will double to around 23%, and this considerable increase in older adults means an increasing number of people will be at risk of sustaining trauma through falls or road traffic accidents. In contrast to the increasingly well-documented outcome literature on younger adults, very few studies have focused on older adults. Instead of assuming that outcomes posttraumatic brain injury (post-TBI) will follow similar patterns as in younger samples, there are several reasons to investigate older age recovery separately, and these issues will be discussed by reviewing some of the primary characteristics of older adults who experience traumatic brain injury.

Keywords

traumatic brain injuryolder adultscause of injurycomorbiditiesgender
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ASSBI Presidential Address 2010
Information
Brain Impairment , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , 01 May 2011 , pp. 71 - 75
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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