BRIDGES, Inc.
BRain Injury Demands
Guidance Education & Support
Northern Kentucky
Brain Injury Support Group
MISSION
BRIDGES, Inc.'s mission is to provide education, awareness, advocacy and support to brain injured survivors, families, caregivers
and healthcare professionals.
Click here for BRIDGES Brochure
INITIATIVES
Monthly Support Group Meetings
Annual Brain Injury Conference
Bicycle Helmet Give-Away
Community Involvement
Education
You are visitor:
IN THE NEWS
6th Annual NKY TBI Conference
Friday,
March 23, 2012
Visit the Conference Facebook Page
********
BRIDGES
Young Adult
Get Together
CANCELLED; TO BE RESCHEDULED
Saturday,
January 28,
6 pm,
Superbowl, Erlanger
Contact:
Mindy Ortlieb
859-466-8252
mindyortlieb@gmail.com
********
About Helmets
Click here for "Which Helmet..Which Activity brochure"
US Commissioner Product Safety Commission
Click here for new winter helmet brochure from Sled Safe Jo's Way
(Revised 8/11)
********
Featured BRIDGES TBI Survivors:
Brad Fritz
Lisa Wilson
********
Kathy Cummins, brain injury survivor, writes a book of her recovery experience
Click here for more information or go to RESOURCES
Fort Thomas mother starts "Sled Safe, Jo's Way"
By WCPO Reporter, Valerie Miller
Posted 12/14/10
Register NOW for the
6th Annual NKY TBI Conference
on March 23, 2012!
HISTORY
BRIDGES is a Northern Kentucky Brain Injury Support Group. The acronym of BRIDGES means BRain Injury Demands Guidance Education and Support. BRIDGES was established in April 2004 at the request of numerous brain injured survivors searching for support, education and resources.
BRIDGES was incorporated in May 2008 as a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation to promote brain injury awareness education and raise funds for the advocacy of brain injured survivors and their families. BRIDGES has a Board of Trustees and Directors to oversee its operation.
BRIDGES works closely with:
- Brain Injury Alliance of Kentucky
- City of Covington Brain Injury Awareness Task Force
- Gateway Community and Technical College
- QuietMind Foundation
(Click here to learn more about infrared light therapy for dementia and close-head injury) - Sled Safe Jo's Way, Wear A Helmet
- Survivors of Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Sarah Jane Brain Project
- The Miracle Mind
(offers excellent caregiver's guide/workbook endorsed by BRIDGES)
Monthly Brain Injury Support Group Meetings
1) BRIDGES Support Group for Brain Injured Survivors and their Family Members/ Caregivers meets the third Thursday of each month at 6:00 p.m. Meeting location is the law office of Sutton Rankin Law, PLC located at 130 Dudley Road - First Floor Conference Room, Edgewood, Kentucky. Guest speakers are often scheduled.
2) BRIDGES Support Group for Pediatric Caregivers meets the last Wednesday of the month at 9:00 a.m. Meeting location is the Bob Evans Restaurant on Dream Street in Florence, Kentucky. This is for pediatric caregivers (mothers, fathers, grandparents) while children are at school.
For further information about either support groups and exact meeting dates, please contact Lisa Combs at 859-903-9600.
3) BRIDGES Young Adult Get Together meets monthly. Significant others and friends welcome. Call: Mindy Ortlieb at 859-466-8252 or email: mindyortlieb@gmail.com.
4) Stroke/TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) Support Group meets the first Thursday of the month at 6:00 p.m. Meeting location is Gateway Rehabilitation Hospital, 5940 Merchants Street, Florence, Kentucky. Call: Jennifer Jones at 859-426-2400.
