Brain Injury

What is Brian Injury?

Acquired brain injury is an ‘umbrella’ term that covers all brain injuries that may occurs from birth onwards.

There are two main types of acquired brain injury: traumatic and non-traumatic.

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is an injury to the brain caused by a sudden and often severe trauma to the head (head injury). TBI can result when the head suddenly and violently hits an object, or when an object pierces the skull and enters brain tissue. Symptoms of a TBI can be mild, moderate, or severe, depending on the extent of the damage to the brain.

Non-Traumatic Brain Injury is often referred to as an acquired brain injury, a non-traumatic brain injury causes damage to the brain by internal factors including;

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Stroke

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Aneurysm

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Tumour

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An infectious disease that affects the brain (for example, meningitis),

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Lack of oxygen supply to the brain (for example: a heart attack).

How we can support you?

At Care at Home Group, we provide care and support solutions that enable you to live a happy and fulfilled life in the safety and comfort of your own home. No matter what age you are the brain injury care and support we provide will be guided by you and tailored to your needs, giving you choice over how you live your life and the support you want.

Our aim is for you to have as much enjoyment in life and our carers will support you with a care plan that means you can enjoy activities and as much socialisation as you wish.

We will actively encourage you to learn new skills and engage new hobbies to make life stimulating and meaningful. Our focus is to deliver positive outcomes to your daily life.

For example, with our specialist complex care services you can opt for a live-in carer or daily visiting carer so that you can remain in your own home. Our clinical nurse specialists monitor the progress of every client we provide care for to ensure our personal assistants support our long-term positive rehabilitation goal.

We work collaboratively with our clients and their families to develop thorough care and support plan that accurately reflects a person’s end-to-end needs. We also adopt a partnership approach to working with local authorities, NHS services, multidisciplinary teams, therapists and other community bodies involved in a person’s care.

This means we are well-informed so we can provide continuity of care ensuring the right care is in place at the right time, whilst responding efficiently to changing needs and strengthening care provision when required.