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The benefits of the training kitchen in rehabilitation

Depending on the level of injury and mobility, some people can regain their independence relatively quickly, while for others, it can be a case of learning how to do things from scratch and no where is this more challenging than in the kitchen. Ropox, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of accessible bathrooms and kitchens is helping to address this with its range of adjustable kitchen work tops and cupboards which have been designed to make the kitchen as accessible as possible to people with reduced mobility. Many care settings and rehabilitation centres are now using this type of equipment in training kitchens to help their patients regain some independence and increase their confidence.

By |2025-08-06T09:23:10+01:002 September 2019|Insight|

Taking rehabilitation to the extreme

“How many kids in a wheelchair get to see the world from the top of a mountain, and then slide down it?” says Chris Loyn, who first saw his son Jack’s face light up as he hurtled down a ski slope four years ago. “To be out of his wheelchair and suddenly flying freely down a mountain, the fresh air blasting in his face, it was just awesome.” Jack, now 30, suffered a brain hemorrhage at just two weeks old and was left wheelchair bound as a result of spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy. In 2015 Chris heard of an organised ski trip taking people with severe brain injuries and complex disabilities to France for an adventure he hadn’t thought possible.

By |2024-07-04T17:59:19+01:0016 August 2019|Insight, Interviews, Therapy|
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