The Community Rehabilitation and Brain Injury service has recently completed “A Guide to Services for People with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) and their Carers in West Lothian”.
The guide draws together information about services and help available throughout the Lothians to individuals with ABI and their families. It is hoped that this will also be a useful resource for professionals working with or in contact with individuals with ABI.
Janet Foggo, service manager for CRABIS said, "This is a comprehensive directory which we hope will be useful to individuals with Acquired Brain Injury and their families to enable them to access services and facilities which may be of benefit".
Acquired Brain Injury is a traumatic event for the person and their families. It is sudden in onset as a result of head injury, stroke (haemorrhagic or ischemic), interruption of oxygen to the brain, (e.g. due to cardiac arrest) or infection (e.g. meningitis, encephalitis).
Common consequences of Acquired Brain Injury include physical (e.g. impaired movement), communication (e.g. speech, language or swallowing difficulties), cognition (e.g. poor memory, concentration, reasoning, judgement), emotion (e.g. depression, short temper), or behavioural disturbance (e.g. disinhibition, aggression, apathy).
For further information please contact Janet Foggo, service Manager, CRABIS, The Ability Centre, Carmondean Centre Road, Livingston EH54 8PT. Telephone 01506 774046 or email janet.foggo@wlt.scot.nhs.uk
More information on CRABIS, the Community Health and Care Partnership and health and social care services such as, OT, GP practices, dentists, dieticians, podiatry, services for adults with disabilities, mental health, services for older people, healthy eating and much more are now available online www.westlothianchcp.org.uk
Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:25:01
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