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Welcome to the Brain Injury Association of Louisiana

A brain injury is the second highest cause of disability. Brain injuries can happen to anyone of any age, gender, race or socioeconomic status. Limitations such as depression, confusion, speech impairment, memory loss, physical disability, and social isolation prevent a person with a brain injury from caring for family or returning to work again. For those who survive, the injury is almost always life altering.

The Brain Injury Association of Louisiana (BIALA) is a non-profit organization focused on creating a better future for individuals with brain injury and their families by locating and obtaining needed services for survivors of brain injury.

BIALA unites survivors of a brain injury, families of survivors, healthcare providers, educators and those who support prevention education and brain injury awareness. Our hotline, resource directory and library are free services. We promote support groups, aid in the establishing of new ones, promote prevention awareness and provide education to professionals, care takers and family members.


Did You Know?

Each year, an estimated 1.7 million people sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) annually. Of them:

  •  52,000 die,
  • 275,000 are hospitalized and
  • 1.365 million, nearly 80%, are treated and released from an emergency department.
TBI is a contributing factor to a third (30.5%) of all injury-related deaths in the United States.

About 75% of TBIs that occur each year are concussions or other forms of mild TBI.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Report to Congress on mild traumatic brain injury in the United States: steps to prevent a serious public health problem. Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2003.

What's New?

Brain Injury Awareness Month

A brain injury can happen anytime, anywhere, to anyone – a brain injury does not discriminate. Early and equal access to care for all is our goal. To promote awareness and advocacy, the Brain Injury Association of Louisiana (BIALA), the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) and our network of 40+ state affiliates, including self-advocates, families and volunteers across the nation, will mark Brain Injury Awareness Month this March.

5th Annual BIALA Conference

BIALA’s Annual Conference is the leading brain injury conference in Louisiana and attracts brain injury survivors, family members, medical professionals, discharge planners, therapists, and state officials.  Visit our Annual Conference page to learn more and register!




 

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