Case management
The UK faces a “tidal wave” of brain injury rehab need post COVID-19, with a huge increase in reliance on private and charitable sectors due to stretched NHS resources, new research shows.
The extent of the expected impact on resources over the coming months is laid bare in newly-released research, which reveals 89 per cent of case managers across the UK expect a deluge in demand for rehabilitation resources.
The Covid-19 epidemic has had a disproportionate impact on societies most vulnerable, due to social, financial and medical needs, write legal executive Jack Sales and clinical case manager Alexandra Hitchcock...
With many clients falling into this category case managers and solicitors have needed to continue to work in a collaborative and responsive fashion in order to best respond to the clients’ changing needs. This is compounded when the client is not the only person in the household and their care team’s needs also need to be considered. Elderly family members and those with other medical conditions along with roommates working from home, children requiring home schooling and regular paid carers needing to self-isolate have made supporting clients’ needs more challenging.
In the latest instalment of our new video series, Vicki Gilman speaks to Sarah Clayton, chief executive of Simple Stuff Works, an organisation focused on postural management for adults and children.
NR Times has launched a new video series which sets case manager Vicki Gilman on a mission to uncover new and exciting approaches, ideas and developments in neuro-rehab.
A case manager’s role in a seriously injured person recovery cannot be understated, write David Withers, partner at Irwin Mitchell.
Having worked as a neurosciences occupational therapist in the NHS for more than 15 years, it felt somewhat surreal leaving behind my team and service, which had become deeply embedded in my daily routine. The opportunity to undertake an exciting new challenge in my career, despite the anxieties of the unknown and a loyalty to a service of which I was extremely fond and proud, paved the way for a move that in the end proved difficult to decline. Before I could hesitate, I was driving to Cornwall to complete an immediate needs assessment and I was delighted to complete my report within the 21-day deadline. Phew! I reflect on my first year in case management noting the increased consumption of coffee but more significantly with immense pride of my achievements.
By this definition, case management can be seen as a shared creative process, undertaken by a professional and their client, aimed at identifying solutions to address the client’s unmet needs and helping them to achieve their goals in a resource-efficient manner. Research has consistently shown the inextricable link between biomedical health, psychological wellbeing and social factors. In the context of case management, in order to maximise clients’ rehabilitation potential, biomedical issues should therefore not be isolated from their psychological and social counterparts as these components are interconnected and interrelated.
Litigation and case management includes working with clients who have had life-changing injuries that may have been caused by anything from a car accident, through to medical malpractice and negligence. Innova specialises in designing and installing specialist equipment like ceiling track hoist systems and hydrotherapy pools as part of home adaptations. Case management specialist Jason Fulcher joined Innova at the beginning of February and will work
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.
Community Case Management Services (CCMS) has transformed a dilapidated farmhouse in an idyllic corner of Normandy into an accessible holiday venue. The property offers people with disabilities a place in which to relax on holiday with friends and loved ones in the heart of picturesque northern France. With a fully accessible ground floor living area [...]
