UKABIF Directory of Rehabilitation Services for People with Acquired Brain Injuries
| Headway Hurstwood Park |
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| CONTACT DETAILS | |
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| Name: | Mrs Norma Speller |
| Position in Organisation: | Chairman |
| Address: | Headway House Jackies Lane Newick Lewes East Sussex BN8 4QX |
| Telephone: | 01825 724323 |
| Fax: | 01825 724363 |
| Email: | info@headway-hp.org.uk | Website: | www.headway-hp.orh.uk |
| THE SERVICE | |
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| The Service is non-NHS | |
| Accepts: | Self-payers NHS Referrals Social Service Referrals Medical Insurance Personal Injury Litigation |
| Service Details: | Patients accepted by GP referral Patients accepted by referral from Medical Consultants Patients accepted by non-medical referral Patients accepted by self referral Patients only accepted from: Sussex |
| Service Provided: | 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) (56 current service users) Services to support people in their own homes refers to out reach rehabilitation, case management services and community brain injury teams (4 current service users) |
| Setting(s) in which the service is provided: | Patients own home Individual (Stand-alone) rehab unit or centre |
| Disciplines Involved: | The number of sessions per week specified below is a guide. Please contact the organisation directly for futher information. Activities Coordinator Art Therapy Counselling Occupational Therapy Physiotherapy Speech and Language Therapy |
| Specific services offered: | Behavioural Management Social and Recreational Activities Vocational Rehabilitation |
| Who is responsible for the programme of treatment provided to individuals: | Client Manager |
| Age of patients on admission: | 16 and over |
| How long after injury can patients be admitted? | Acute patients not normally admitted Patients usually admitted more than three months after injury |
| Nursing Care: | Accept patients who are not motivated to return to employment and/or independent living Accept patients with cognitive impairment Accept patients who wander Accept patients with challenging behaviour Accept patients with severe physical disability |
| Supplementary Information: | Training placements available for trainees (Professions accepted: Anything connected with ABI Occupational Therapist Nerophsychologist) |
| STATEMENT | |
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| At Headway Hurstwood Park we are experienced in the following areas:- Advice Information Access to services Support Secondary rehabilitation We exist to help individuals realise their true potential. This is reflected in its range of specialist services working to the following principles:- Empowerment Integration Involvement Opportunity Social interaction Choice Independence We believe that everyone who has sustained a brain injury has the capacity to improve. That everyone who has had a brain injury has the right to the best appropriate care and facilities to encourage that improvement to happen. |