The Prince George Brain Injured Group home, specifically for persons with brain injuries, is the only one of its kind in the North and it’s funded by Northern Health.
“It becomes their home for the remainder of their days,” Sarah McCrea, executive director, Prince George Brain Injured Group, said. “It’s about quality of life after that catastrophic brain injury.”
“This is life, it isn’t just care,” McCrea said.
Residents go to movies and concerts, trips back home to see their families, as well as other interests they can pursue like gardening, music and art projects and even getting into the kitchen to prepare meals.
“It’s an honour and a privilege that people are putting their trust in us as they are on this path in their life,” McCrea said. “We hold them very dear.”
And that goes for any Prince George residents who access the services of the local brain injured group that has one of the most innovative and proactive brain injury associations in Western Canada. PG BIG provides state-of-the-art community rehabilitative programs and services, many unique to the organization.
“People who come here get to experience a beautiful level of acceptance when seeing themselves regardless of what’s changed after a brain injury and we get to see when they reach that turning point and it’s amazing,” McCrea said.
Prince George Brain Injured Group's programs are remarkable, she added, and services go far beyond individual life-changing development and community rehabilitation.
In addition to services geared to people living with brain injury, the Brain Injured Group provides helmet fittings, bike rodeos, information booths, and education programs for both the public and professionals.
For more information visit https://www.pgbig.ca/
