Community Rehabilitation and Brain Injury Service (CRABIS)

The West Lothian Community Rehabilitation & Brain Injury Service is funded by health and social work. It provides community based specialist assessment and rehabilitation for people over the age of 16 years who have either a physical disability and / or an acquired brain injury.

What we do

We can work with you to improve your abilities in the following areas:

• Activities of Daily Living (e.g. personal care, household tasks)
• Mobility
• Communication
• Cognitive (i.e. memory, problem solving)
• Emotional (anxiety, depression, adjustment)
• Social Activity
• Leisure and work
• Community Living (e.g. money management, shopping skills, travel)

The team

 The multi-disciplinary team consists of:

• Service manager
• Occupational therapists
• Physiotherapist
• Speech and language therapist
• Clinical psychologists
• Psychology assistant
• Rehabilitation assistants
• Administrative assistant

We can also deal with

• Carer?s concerns
• Referral to other agencies if appropriate

What to expect

An assessment visit will be carried out in your own home by two team members in order to identify with you your main difficulties and areas you may wish to work on. If the service is appropriate for you, the team will work with you to develop your rehabilitation programme which will be coordinated by your allocated Keyworker. This may involve a period of rehabilitation based on goals that you, and your family / carer have identified with the team. Advice, information and referral to other agencies will be as appropriate.

Referral For referral to the service, contact your G.P, social worker, or therapist.

Eligibility

You may be eligible for referral to the service if you:

• Are over the age of 16 years
• Live in West Lothian
• Would benefit from input from any two or more disciplines in the team i.e. speech and language therapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and psychology However if you have had a brain injury you only require the input of one of the above to be eligible.

More information Janet Foggo, Service Manager Tel 01506 774046 Fax 01506 774049 crabis@wlt.scot.nhs.uk CRABIS is based within the Ability Centre Carmondean Centre Rd Livingston EH54 8PT

We strive to provide an excellent service and value your views.If you wish to make any suggestions, comment or are not happy with any aspects of the service, you can contact us in writing or by calling us on the above telephone number