Clinical and Therapeutic Approach

Physical Health • Assessment of needs by internal / external Health Professionals • Understanding and management of long term and chronic conditions • Ensuring access to national screening programmes • Pharmacological interventions including monitoring of efficacy and side effect profiles • Nutrition and dietetics planning
Physical Rehabilitation and Management • Gait, balance and mobility • Spasticity & Muscle Tone • Botulinum therapy • Cardio vascular fitness • Outdoor mobility • Falls and manual handling • Stairs assessments
Activities of daily living (ADLS) • Personal ADLS • Personal hygiene • Toileting and continence • Domestic activities of daily living • Community skills • Road safety • Driving mobility support • Spirituality • Shopping • Public transport • Consideration of sexual needs
Psychological approaches • Psychoeducational work aimed at understanding brain injury and associated issues • Behavioural approaches including monitoring of positive behaviours and challenging behaviour, functional analysis, neurobehavioural intervention and positive behavioural support • Neuropsychological assessment (to identify strengths and difficulties) • Cognitive rehabilitation • Psychosocial adjustment work considering identity, grief, mood, and mental health
Communication • Social communication • Reading and writing • Hearing screening • Receptive and expressive language
Discharge planning • Home assessment and advice including coordination of specialist equipment • Liaison with family and other support networks • Liaison with ICB, Social Care and other stakeholders • Plan for generalising skills to new environment • Relapse prevention planning
Vocational Rehabilitation • Return to work assessment and support • Voluntary work skills support
Swallowing • Eating and drinking • Dysphagia
Family & Carer Support • Financial support
Advanced care planning / end of life • Gold standard framework in end of life care
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