Mum gets back on her feet in time for Mother’s Day
In our latest patient case study, we report on how Louise Waller fought back from serious injury through determination and extensive rehabilitation.
Category: Insight
How to be a better medical expert
Ten tips from Paul Sankey, partner at Enable Law and a trainer at Inspire MediLaw, which runs courses on medicolegal topics.
When brain injury unleashes prodigious talent
From the trauma of brain injury, new talents can suddenly emerge in everything from maths to art and music. NR Times looks at the phenomenon of acquired savant syndrome.
Summersaulting out of the comfort zone
Staff at St Neots, a neuro-rehab centre on the border of Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire, were looking for ways to expand their patient
rehab opportunities when they had a gold standard idea…
Introducing the UK’s newest neuropsychiatric care service
February 2020 sees the opening of a new specialist hospital for men with challenging behaviour caused by brain injuries and neurological condition, as NR Times reports.
Winging it in the rehab world
For over 20 years the Flying Faculty has been sending experts across the globe on an international mission to improve neurorehabilitation training and delivery. NR Times reports.
Unequal opportunities
A third of people with a brain condition face workplace discrimination. Sarah Sinclair reports on the challenge of getting into employment – and staying there.
“It’s a really, really lonely place to be…”
Up to a third of women, and one in four men, will experience violence at the hands of a partner at some point in their lives. A black eye may be hard to hide, but a traumatic brain injury could remain undetected indefinitely, as Sarah Sinclair reports.
“The whole process was shocking”
Families affected by motor neurone disease are fighting a losing battle for accessible housing and home alterations, as Ethan Sisterson reports.
Behind the cloak of competence
Almost 100 brain injury case managers took part in a recent study investigating the influence of the Mental Capacity Act on their work with brain injury clients. Here Sophie Moore reports on the results.
Lift off for Takeji’s creations
Japanese inventor Takeji Ueda is hoping to revolutionise patient transfers with his range of products which combine the principles of physics and innovative textile design.
The benefits of the training kitchen in rehabilitation
Rehabilitation is a vital part of the recovery programme for anyone who has suffered a stroke, brain or spinal injury…
