Life after injury

Natalie Mackenzie, director of BIS Services, explores the role of Independent Living Trials in a client’s journey

NR Times speaks to the founder of the South West London holiday home

How Aftermath Support is assisting survivors and families alike, and is growing its team to meet demand

In August 2013 David Morrill found himself having sudden sensations of vertigo, but could not foresee the damage this would cause. These feelings would transpire, leaving David with chronic dizziness and imbalance. Doctors would later discover that the onset David had become overwhelmed by, was in fact caused by a debilitating stroke. The stroke caused [...]

Through taking part in his favourite hobbies, he is building everyday living skills outside of his Exemplar Health Care home

ILS Case Management discuss how getting it right can achieve life-changing positive impact

Nick Clarke, former professional footballer, was left puzzled after he collapsed on his bathroom floor in 2012. Nick could not believe medical professionals when they informed him that he had indeed had a stroke. Here, Nick speaks to SR Times on life after stroke and his charity Stroke Information. “This can’t be happening to me, [...]

Marnie Johnston's recovery has exceeded all expectations and she now displays her artwork

Brain tumour incidence rates in the UK are projected to rise by six per cent by 2035

More than one-third of people who have a clot removed from a major blood vessel in the brain after a stroke return to work within three months, according to a new study from Germany. But women were half as likely to do so as men. The study, published Thursday in the American Heart Association journal [...]