The role of a serious injury lawyer in rehabilitation
By David Withers, partner in the serious injury team in Irwin Mitchell’s Sheffield Office.
Therapy support following disasters
Rachel Swanick, senior therapist at Chroma, on helping children come to terms with traumatic and upsetting events.
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The many factors of Huntington’s Disease care
Professionals representing key disciplines at St Andrew’s Healthcare explain their priorities in managing this highly complex condition.
Paediatric acquired brain injury and hidden disability
A view from the frontline of child brain injury care on this often misunderstood and under-diagnosed condition.
Post-traumatic amnesia in focus
Post-traumatic amnesia (PTA) relates to the time after a period of unconsciousness (although this is not always the case) following an acquired brain injury, when the injured person is conscious and awake, but due to their brain injury is behaving or talking in a bizarre or uncharacteristic manner. Specific symptoms of PTA are individual, but most commonly involve memory and orientation impairment. When combined with confusion, agitation, distress and anxiety, uncharacteristic and difficult to manage behaviours can manifest. These may include aggression, swearing, shouting, disinhibition, and wandering, which in the context of a trauma ward or general hospital setting, can be difficult or unsafe to manage.
The role of case managers in serious injury litigation
The role of a case manager is to manage a “collaborative process of assessment, planning, facilitation, care co-ordination, evaluation and advocacy for options and services to meet an individual’s and family’s comprehensive health needs through communication and available resources to promote quality cost effective outcomes[1].” The role of a Claimant solicitor in the litigation process is to represent the needs of the injured person and to manage all phases of the litigation towards settlement or trial. It is a process of collating and presenting the evidence that is required to ensure that the award agreed between the parties or made by the Court is fair and correct.
