Ability Net
www.abilitynet.co.uk
Making things possible
AbilityNet provides specialist help for people with a disability to enable them
to use a computer at home, in education or in employment.
Carers National Association
www.carersuk.org
Carers look after family, partners or friends in need of help because they are ill,
frail or have a disability. The care they provide is unpaid.
Carers UK is the voice of carers and is the only carer-led organisation working
for all carers.
A variety of useful topics are discussed on this website, eg. Coming out of hospital,
When caring becomes a crisis. Dealing with someone else's money, Council Tax and
Juggling work and care.
Kent Aquired Brain Injury Forum (KABIF)
www.kabif.org.uk
KABIF is a group of brain injury survivors, carers, front-line professionals and
policy makers who wish to advance issues concerning acquired brain injury across
Kent.
The Oliver Zangwill Centre
www.ozc.nhs.uk
Information about their rehabilitation programmes, assessments and workshop and
the Neuropage Service. Neuropage uses randio-paging technology to send remainders
of things to do.
People in a coma
www.waiting.com
A Page Directed toYou Who are Waiting While Someone is in a Coma
I pick up the phone and a voice tells me my husband has been in an accident.
Everything takes on an air of unreality.
I am so trapped in that bright moment that I can scarcely breathe.
Re:Cognition Health
www.re-cognitionhealth.com
Unique London centre for cognitive impairment, from mild memory loss through to Alzheimer’s, with all specialists and services together for full assessment, diagnosis and care management.
Rehab UK
"Rehab UK was set up in the mid 1990's
to promote opportunities for people who have an acquired brain injury; to enable
them to return to their rightful place in both the comjunity and work-place. More
than 120,000 people leave hospital each year with a brain injury. This represents
a huge increase in the last twenty years, partly due to improved medical and hospital
services.
. . . With the support of our highly specialised
vocational rehabilitation teams at our Brain Injury Centres, we are helping these
people."
www.rehabuk.org
London Brain Injury Centre, 21 St Thomas
Street, London, SE1 9RY
Tel: 020 7378 0505
Birmingham Brain Injury Centre, Borough Buildings, 58-72 John Bright Street,
Birmingham B1 1BN
Tel: 0121 616 3900
Tyne & Wear Brain Injury Centre, Melbourne House, Melbourne Street,
Newcastle
on Tyne NE1 2JQ
Tel: 0191 232 0234
Rehab Group, Ireland
www.rehab.ie
Rehab Directory Online
www.ukabif.org.uk
Trying to find specialist rehabilitation services for people with a brain injury
can be tricky. The Headway Helpline often receives calls from both professionals
and families looking for appropriate services. However, the serach has now been
made easier by the launch of a new directory of Rehabilitation Services.
This web-based database provides information on services available throughout the
UK.
Thrive
www.thrive.org.uk
Using gardening to change lives. More than 1600 groups in the UK run social and
theraputic horticultural projects.
TRU Rehabilitation in the Ral World
http://www.trurehab.com
At TRU, we believe in realistic rehabilitation. This means we believe rehabilitation
for people with brain injury ought to realistically match and meet the goals of
each individual. We put our philosophy into practice every day by creating possibilities
for rehabilitation at home, work and at play.
Voyage Acquired Brain Injury Services
Voyage is dedicated to providing services to people who require specialised support and therapeutic interventions in a range of different settings. We are developing a number of intensive support units for those people who have more challenging needs, both physical and emotional.
Following a thorough assessment, our skilled staff teams work intensively with each person to help them re-discover old skills which may have been lost as a result of the injury, or acquire new skills to help minimise the effects of their injury. We already have a wide range of living options and tailored support packages, which enable individuals to gradually build towards more independent lives.
Last modified: February 2011