Friendships after acquired brain injury (ABI)

We know that social networks take a huge hit after acquired brain injury (ABI). The outcomes for friendships after ABI are much poorer than intimate relationships, where some people do indeed report dissolution of intimate relationships/marriages but others at least report an improvement.

Here are some results out of a charity in the UK which discuss/reports some findings re: friendships.

https://www.headway.org.uk/news/national-news/2018/charity-study-highlights-the-power-of-positive-relationships/

Consistent themes in successful relationships after ABI highlight, at least in part, the importance of the educational duties that fall under the scope of practice for many/most health care providers. If the friend without the brain injury understood the effects of the brain injury, if they knew how/when to provide practical support for activities of daily living, etc. , friendships were more likely to be sustained.