Role Summary: Families
Families and friends play a vital part in the recovery of injured workers. They provide emotional support as well as physical assistance.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A FAMILY MEMBER IS SEVERLY INJURED AT WORK? Severe or long term injuries can impact the injured person psychologically as well as physically. . Their physical ability may be reduced, and they may begin to lose self-confidence. There may also be uncertainty regarding their pace of recovery, and difficulty dealing with long term pain While some injured workers avoid all activities and therefore become depressed an...