UKABIF Directory of Rehabilitation Services for People with Acquired Brain Injuries

Donald Wilson House

CONTACT DETAILS
Name:	Ms Raylene Fastier
Position in Organisation:	Nurse Manager
Address:	Rehabilitation Unit St Richards Hospital Spitalfield Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 6SE
Telephone:	01243831615
Fax:	01243831636
Email:	Raylene.Fastier@rws-tr.nhs.uk
Website:

THE SERVICE
The Service is NHS
Service Details:	Patients accepted by GP referral Patients accepted by referral from Medical Consultants Patients only accepted from: West Susse
Service Provided:	Acute rehabilitation refers to people who do not need to be in an acute medical or surgical ward but are still likely to be needing the investigative and specialist resources of an acute general hospital (and therefore need to be on an acute hospital site) (6 beds available) Post-acute rehabilitation refers to people who do not regularly need the services of an acute hospital but who continue to need intensive specialist rehabilitation and are not yet ready to move back home or to an intermediate rehabilitation unit or to a long-term residential unit (6 beds available) Out-patient rehabilitation refers to people who are living at home and attending a rehabilitation department or unit for specific programmes of rehabilitation therapy and treatment) (10 current service users)
Setting(s) in which the service is provided:	Rehabilitation unit within acute hospital
Disciplines Involved:	The number of sessions per week specified below is a guide. Please contact the organisation directly for futher information. Chiropody/Podiatry Clinical Neuropsychology (4 sessions per week) Dietetics Occupational Therapy (5 sessions per week) Orthotics/Prosthetics Physiotherapy (5 sessions per week) Rehabilitation Medicine Social Work Specialist Nursing (Nursing ratio of qualified staff per patient is 1.00:1) Speech and Language Therapy (3 sessions per week) continence advisor, pharmacy,stroke support worker
Specific services offered:	Vocational Rehabilitation
Who is responsible for the programme of treatment provided to individuals:	Dr Rice-Oxley - Rehabilitation Consultant
Age of patients on admission:	18 and over
How long after injury can patients be admitted?	Patients can be admitted 1-2 weeks after injury Patients can be admitted 2-6 weeks after injury Patients usually admitted 6-12 weeks after injury Maximum length of time in years after injury that patient can be admitted: no stipulation on max number of years post injury
Nursing Care:	Accept patients who have nursing requirements Accept patients who require 24 hour nursing care Accept patients who have ongoing neurological disease or dementia Accept patients who are not motivated to return to employment and/or independent living Accept patients in persistent vegetative state/minimally responsive state Accept patients who have no functional understanding of language Accept patients with cognitive impairment Accept patients with psychiatric problems Accept patients with challenging behaviour Accept patients with severe physical disability
Supplementary Information:	Medico-legal assessments/reports undertaken Training placements available for qualified staff (Professions accepted: Doctors) Training placements available for undergraduate students (Professions accepted: Nurses, Occupational therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists)

STATEMENT

Donald Wilson House is a 12 bed neurological rehabilitation unit. We enable patients to reach their optimum function and achieve best quality of life as they perceive it. The interdisciplinary team work closely together with patients and their families to achieve realistic patient centred goals with the aim of returning the patient home and integrating back into community life. The patient`s autonomy is respected and they are encouraged to make decisions and choose direction in life where possible.We work closely with family ,carers and community services to facilitate co-ordinated service on discharge to community care.