BRAINSTREAMS 5 Our Works
Collage of photos that showcase our projects

Our Works

With generous support from the Rick Hansen Foundation, in 2014 we launched a multi-year project called Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Provincial Services Initiative (PSI). The work has progressed through several phases, each one with a different focus and end products, but all supporting the achievement of Brainstreams’ priority goals.

The project has been guided by a Steering Team consisting of ABI Leads and Stroke Leads from each of the regional Health Authorities, Provincial Stroke Leads from the Provincial Health Services Authority, and representatives from BCBIA.

Phase 1: Provincial Services Evaluation

With generous support from the Rick Hansen Foundation, in 2014 we launched a multi-year project called Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Provincial Services Initiative (PSI). The work has progressed through several phases, each one with a different focus and end products, but all supporting the achievement of Brainstreams’ priority goals.

The project has been guided by a Steering Team consisting of ABI Leads and Stroke Leads from each of the regional Health Authorities, Provincial Stroke Leads from the Provincial Health Services Authority, and representatives from BCBIA.

Link to Provincial Services Evaluation Report

Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Provincial Services Initiative (PSI):

10 Highlighted Services

Phase 2.1 : Celebrating Stories

In Phase 2, between June 2015 and June 2016, we created individual videos profiling clients of nine of the ten programs/services highlighted in Phase 1. In the videos featured below, these clients share their experiences regarding what makes the services they have accessed excellent. In doing so, they communicate the important role such programs and services play in supporting people’s recovery and helping them to transition back into their to communities as active participants.

ABI Provincial Services Initiative Stories

Episode 1: Project Introduction – Patti Flaherty

This is a video series introducing behind the scenes of Acquired Brain Injury Provincial Services Initiative.

Phase 2.1 : Celebrating Events

In Phase 2, we hosted a very successful evening at the BCBIA Showcase & Celebration for Brain Injury event, which showcased the ten excellent ABI service providers, a silent auction and inspiring client videos.

At the event, held on March 3rd, 2016 at the Coast Coal Harbour Hotel, representatives from different parts of the province showcased their projects and provided information and resources to participants who also watched a video highlighting the excellent services they provide. 

group posing at the event
balloons
another photo, from someone attending the event
more people smiling in font of the balloons
A happy group of attendees
a couple of people smiling
group posing at the event balloons another photo, from someone attending the event more people smiling in font of the balloons A happy group of attendees a couple of people smiling

Phase 3: Navigating the System

In Phase 3, between June 2016 and November 2017, we created a database to support the creation of an online list of services in BC  intended to help answer one of the biggest questions individuals with acquired brain injury ask: “What kinds of services are available to support me in my recovery?” We organized the information by filters and incorporated a mapping function designed to assist with navigation. Our primary target audience for this piece of the project was individuals with brain injury, their families and their caregivers.

As part of Phase 3 we are asking our partners to promote the use of the online list of services to their clients and families, and we are reaching out to service providers to ask them to continue to use the videos as a way to spread the word about the many excellent ABI services in BC.