‘Tidal wave’ of rehab needs post-pandemic, case managers predict

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.

By |2024-07-04T17:46:51+01:0025 September 2020|Case management, News|
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Traumatic brain injury vs psychological injury

By Alice Hall, serious injury solicitor at Irwin Mitchell.

Neurocognitive deficits caused by traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be one of the more challenging injuries to prove and as a Claimant solicitor; it is my client who bears the burden of proving every aspect of their injuries and resultant losses. I have seen that it is often the case that mild TBIs are just one of many injuries, whilst other injuries may present as far more life-threatening, particularly during the emergency stage of treatment. Sometimes, therefore, mild TBIs are either not fully diagnosed at the outset, or they are noted but are not treated as a priority in comparison with other more seriously recognised injuries at the time, which may be more obvious and more pressing.
By |2024-07-04T17:46:51+01:0025 September 2020|News, Legal|
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When your life gets saved, you know you’re on this earth to help

SameYou is only one year old, but the charity is making real changes to bran injury recovery. Jenny and Emilia Clarke share their ambitions for the charity, and the motivations behind them.

Last year, Game of Thrones actor Emilia Clarke wrote in a New Yorker essay that, while filming Game of Thrones, she had two subarachnoid haemorrhages, a life-threatening type of stroke caused by bleeding into the space surrounding the brain.
She was 24 when the first one struck almost 10 years ago. Around the time the essay was published, Emilia’s mum Jenny Clarke had a subarachnoid haemorrhage too.
By |2024-07-04T17:46:51+01:0025 September 2020|News|
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Putting virtual rehab for stroke patients to the test

Researchers at the University of East Anglia have been putting virtual reality rehabilitation for stroke survivors to the test.

They have created a new gaming platform which uses low cost videogame technology to improve the lives of stroke patients suffering from complex neurological syndromes caused by their stroke. And they have been working with stroke survivors and their carers to see how they get on with using the new technology. It is hoped that this type of technology, which can be used in patients’ own homes, could prove particularly beneficial for rehabilitation during periods of lockdown, social distancing and shielding – caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
By |2024-07-04T17:46:51+01:0024 September 2020|News|
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Vestibular problems after brain injury

NR Times reports from the disorientating world of one of the lesser known post-ABI challenges.

Our vestibular system, located in the inner ear, assists with balance and tells the brain what position the body is in; if it’s upright or lying down, for instance. Usually our eyes will turn the opposite way to our head because the vestibular system helps to keep things in focus.
By |2024-07-04T17:46:51+01:0024 September 2020|News|
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Music in the key of R

Rehabilitation journeys are increasingly being guided by the rhythmic interventions of music therapists but challenges in opening up access remain; as Chroma's Daniel Thomas explains.

Daniel Thomas, managing director of art therapies provider Chroma, developed an interest in music at a young age. However, he’s concerned that young people today aren’t exposed to enough music education, and that this will have a knock- on effect on music therapy, which can help a range of people, including those with a brain injury. “There have been massive cutbacks, a killing off of music in schools,” Thomas says, “Which has had a huge effect over many years as that side of school life has been systematically eked away and cut back.
By |2024-07-04T17:46:51+01:0022 September 2020|Therapy, News|
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Now is the time to embrace better ways of working

By Merryn Dowson, assistant psychologist and part of the team behind rehab goal-setting platform Goal Manager

A stitch in time saves nine. Rome wasn’t built in a day. The best things take time. We are all too aware that some of the most important parts of our lives have been crafted, carved and developed over months and years. Consider your education, for example: you may well have been to primary school, secondary school and then sixth form college. Perhaps you went on to do an undergraduate degree.
By |2024-07-04T17:46:52+01:0022 September 2020|Insight, News|
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Looking on the bright side

Game changing neuro-rehab opportunities are emerging as a result of the coronavirus crisis, argues health and social care investment expert Boda Gallon.

The Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has been multi layered. Yes, we’re faced with a fragmented health and social care system, continued uncertainty, and a gloomy economic outlook. There are, however, positive opportunities for investment and service redesign within NR and the wider specialist healthcare marketplace.
By |2024-07-04T17:54:59+01:0020 September 2020|Opinion, Insight, News|
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Why cultural competency should be woven into rehab training

Natalie Mackenzie and Eky Popat of brain injury rehabilitation service BIS Services on managing the cultural challenges in community rehabilitation.

Back in 2011 one of our team asked why there was a significant lack of consideration towards cultural differences within brain injury rehabilitation. It was not the first time we’d heard this question, but it further sowed the seed for a topic that is persistent and pertinent within our working practices at BIS Services, and a matter for discussion and change that must continue throughout the field. Most certainly, recent years have seen an increase in consideration and discussion regarding cultural competency and its importance in rehabilitation, which is reassuring, although the se are still challenges that we must continually consider.
By |2026-02-12T07:49:22+00:0020 September 2020|Opinion, Insight, News, BIS Services|
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