UKABIF Directory of Rehabilitation Services for People with Acquired Brain Injuries

Scotia Healthcare

CONTACT DETAILS
Name:	Mr David Price
Position in Organisation:	Manager
Address:	Scotia Road Burslem Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire ST6 4HA
Telephone:	01782 829100
Fax:	01782 829101
Email:	scotia@exemplarhc.com
Website:

THE SERVICE
The Service is non-NHS
Accepts:	Self-payers NHS Referrals Social Service Referrals Medical Insurance Personal Injury Litigation
Service Details:	Patients accepted by referral from Medical Consultants Patients accepted from anywhere, including outside the UK
Service Provided:	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 (60 beds available) Slow-stream (Intermediate) rehabilitation refers to people who (a) no longer require such intensive rehabilitation as in post-acute rehabilitation settings and (b) although currently are not able to return home, might do so within 3 years. Long Term / Residential Care / Continuing rehabilitation 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) (5 current service users)
Setting(s) in which the service is provided:
Disciplines Involved:	The number of sessions per week specified below is a guide. Please contact the organisation directly for futher information. Activities Coordinator (7 sessions per week) Art Therapy (4 sessions per week) Chiropody/Podiatry (2 sessions per week) GP (7 sessions per week) Occupational Therapy (3 sessions per week) Physiotherapy (7 sessions per week) Specialist Nursing (Nursing ratio of qualified staff per patient is 8.00:1) Speech and Language Therapy (2 sessions per week)
Specific services offered:	Social and Recreational Activities Vocational Rehabilitation
Who is responsible for the programme of treatment provided to individuals:	Clinical Team Manager
Age of patients on admission:	18 and over
How long after injury can patients be admitted?	Patients can be admitted 2-6 weeks after injury Patients usually admitted 6-12 weeks after injury Patients usually admitted more than three months after injury Maximum length of time in years after injury that patient can be admitted: No limit
Nursing Care:	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 pre-morbid psychiatric, drug abuse or alcohol problems Accept patients who are being ventilated Accept patients with tracheostomies Accept patients with cognitive impairment Accept patients with psychiatric problems Accept patients who wander Accept patients with challenging behaviour Accept patients under Sections of the Mental Health Act Accept patients with severe physical disability Accept patients who require permanent accommodation from the service
Supplementary Information:	Medico-legal assessments/reports undertaken

STATEMENT
Scotia is newly built and provides an excellent environment for persons requiring long term, respite or rehabilitation stays. Our multi-skilled team of nurses and therapists have appropriate experience managing acquired brain injury, and the facilities within the building, including sole occupancy en-suite bedrooms, Physiotherapy suite, IT cafe, Occupational Therapy and hairdressing salon contribute to residents' quality of life. We design an individual activities and life skills programmme, and provide as much fulfilment as we can for each resident,taking full account of their medical condition and abilities.

STATEMENT

Scotia is newly built and provides an excellent environment for persons requiring long term, respite or rehabilitation stays. Our multi-skilled team of nurses and therapists have appropriate experience managing acquired brain injury, and the facilities within the building, including sole occupancy en-suite bedrooms, Physiotherapy suite, IT cafe, Occupational Therapy and hairdressing salon contribute to residents' quality of life. We design an individual activities and life skills programmme, and provide as much fulfilment as we can for each resident,taking full account of their medical condition and abilities.