What is it like to have your loved one with a severe brain injury come to rehabilitation? The experiences of significant others.

To investigate the experiences of significant others when their loved one with a severe brain injury is admitted to acquired brain injury (ABI) rehabilitation. A qualitative approach was undertaken; using in-depth interviews and the drawing method to elicit information on the experiences of significant others who had loved ones enter an ABI unit, early in the sub-acute rehabilitation admission. Nine significant others participated in interviews and completed drawings.