Care & services
With a global reputation for its work in brain and spinal cord injury rehabilitation, Craig Hospital has delivered life-changing outcomes for thousands of patients for 65 years. Deborah Johnson meets Jandel Allen-Davis, CEO of the pioneering US hospital, to learn more about its work
Mental health hospitals have faced significant challenges over the past 18 months, trying to find ways to keep patients engaged and motivated amidst ongoing restrictions and limited visits from friends and family.
In our latest interview with the Brain Injury team at St Andrew’s Healthcare, we meet Dr Lorraine Childs, a Consultant Clinical Psychologist on Rose ward, one of only three secure neurobehavioural units in the country.
In a move designed to strengthen its oversight of ethical and safeguarding issues, specialist healthcare provider Ludlow Street Healthcare has appointed a new ethics and safeguarding lead.
When it first opened its doors in March 2020, the Inspire Neurocare team had no idea about the following year's challenges. As the rest of the UK went into lockdown, Inspire Neurocare was faced with the task of launching a high-quality complex care service whilst also ensuring the safety and wellbeing of people living with significant underlying health issues and its new staff team.
A stroke survivor is drawing on his own personal experience to help others recover from life-changing injuries at the UK’s first brain injury rehabilitation centre focusing on outdoor activities.
The offering for service users at a Recovery College is being expanded after a successful first year in operation. Heatherwood Court, a low security hospital offering treatment and rehabilitation for men and women on a forensic mental health pathway, launched its Recovery College in 2020. The Recovery College offers service users a broad range of courses encouraging them to develop new skills to aid them in their recovery and to help with their return to the community. The college is co-managed by service users themselves, giving them an active role to play in its production and delivery, putting them at the heart of its success. Becoming firmly established within its first 12 months, the team at Heatherwood Court - located near Cardiff and owned and managed by specialist healthcare provider, Ludlow Street Healthcare - have now developed a new prospectus with a wider course offering to reflect the requirements of service users.
There are many things to consider when finding the right home for someone living with dementia. It needs to be the right choice for both the individual and their close family and friends. Things such as one-to-one support, specialist requirements and staffing should be taken into consideration, as well as the overall environment in which the person will be living. Many specialist buildings, like care homes, are now being designed with dementia in mind, but even spaces that are not purpose built can be adapted to better the lives of those living with dementia. Considerations can include anything from new technologies and innovations to simple tweaks like rearranging furniture or adjusting colours and lighting. There are many symptoms of dementia that can make completing everyday tasks confusing or frightening for those living with it. Designing a space that is dementia-friendly helps those living with dementia to maintain their independence for as long as possible, reduces stress and anxiety and significantly improves day-to-day mental wellbeing.
As an established healthcare provider, Cygnet Health Care has more recently moved into neurorehabilitation and continues to build its presence in the area. NR Times finds out more Introducing Cygnet Health Care into the Neurological Rehabilitation sector has been an exciting journey over the last 3 years. Cygnet Health Care has long been recognised as offering a wide range of services for individuals experiencing a variety of mental health conditions. However what has not been so widely known is that since 2012 Cygnet has also offered a clinically led evidence based neuropsychiatric rehabilitation pathway provided by dedicated and experienced interdisciplinary teams. Cygnet offers those individuals presenting with behaviours that challenge as a result of an Acquired Brain Injury a safe place to aid recovery, in addition to offering a caring and supportive placement to help manage the progression of the more behaviourally challenging symptoms which some Neurodegenerative conditions can cause. Quietly establishing a number of sites across the country, Cygnet Health Care Neuropsychiatry services have provided a vital role within the neurorehabilitation pathway nationally. Originally under the name of Cambian, the first eight bedded service was launched on the outskirts of Nottingham to great success. Its sister service the Grange opened a couple of years later providing a further 8 beds in the locality.
