“PTSD: Navigating Life after Combat” with Tiffany Prowant

Tiffany Prowant has served as her husband’s caregiver for the past four years.  Since his combat injury in 2009 in Iraq which resulted in PTSD and TBI, Tiffany has provided daily support including managing medicine, vitals, and pain levels; assisting him in keeping up interpersonal relationships with family members; assisting with personal grooming and mobility; offering cognitive support, and monitoring and managing his environment for triggers and stressors.  She also takes care of their four children. Tiffany has a drive to speak up about the needs of the caregivers, their veterans, and their families so that collectively they may be better equipped to support and guide recently injured military members into a smooth recovery   – See more at: http://www.elizabethdolefoundation.org/state/kansas/#sthash.p8NixiNz.dpuf


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