Professional Acquired Brain Injury Care Support
An acquired brain injury diagnosis can result in a wide range of outcomes, often arising after a prolonged illness, traffic accident, serious fall or sporting incident that has caused damage. Lack of oxygen, stroke, neurological disease and tumours are among the additional and myriad medical causes of acquired brain injury.The dedicated care team members at Forest Healthcare provide specialist assistance through our high-quality residential and nursing care homes. We support residents and their families needing rehabilitative care, practical assistance during recovery and speech therapies, and long-term private accommodation for ongoing stays and more complex care requirements.
Finding the Right Care for Acquired Brain Injuries
Since an acquired brain injury can be caused by so many accidents, illnesses and conditions, it is essential that every resident and their family members and friends play an active part in the assessment and care planning process. This dialogue helps us to determine the best ways we can help, be that:
- Offering rehabilitation care for individuals needing recovery time and ongoing care in a professional setting to regain greater independence.
- Long-term residential care for residents with an acquired brain injury that has caused irretrievable damage or where some of the outcomes are not treatable.
- Providing emotional support and assistance to help with building confidence and ensuring each resident feels ready and able to return home, where appropriate, and resume their activities within the local community.
Much depends on the nature of the brain injury and the physical impacts this has had on the individual. Frequent issues include pain that requires consistent treatment, difficulties with speech that may need language therapy, and changes to thought processes that require adjustments and a tailored support plan.
Forest Healthcare provides access to a network of residential care homes and nursing centres, with the capacity and knowledge to offer both a recovery and specialist acquired brain injury service, with our highly skilled team members on hand to provide advice at any stage about the right solutions once you or a loved one is discharged from the hospital.
Forest Healthcare Centres Offering an Acquired Brain Injury Service
The following location provides expert support for residents and their family members when adapting and recovering following an acquired brain injury:
| County | Location | Care Centre |
| Hertfordshire | Elstree & Borehamwood | Forest Care Village |
Our specialised brain injury care services include:
- Initial assessment
- Plan of treatment
- Specialist staff
- Nursing and clinical care
- Follow-up assessments
- Physical rehabilitation
- Ongoing identification and management of behavioural changes
Residents benefit from nursing and clinical care available 24/7, with an initial consultation and assessment used to create a bespoke treatment and care plan, ensuring we have all the information we need to identify the ideal level of support, companionship and encouragement a resident may need to achieve the best possible recovery.
On-site care teams and qualified nurses can provide physical rehabilitation or assist with exercises and stretches recommended through occupational therapy assessments, along with medication management and a variety of social activities, catering options and accommodation suites to meet the needs and preferences of the individual.
Specially trained acquired brain injury care professionals can also organise follow-up assessments and identify changes to the person’s behaviours or patterns that may require further investigation.
Brain injuries often change over time, and where a head injury is severe or could have an ongoing impact on functions such as processing information, it is essential that the person receives continuity of care from teams they know and trust and who can be relied upon to provide ongoing monitoring and assessments as required.
The Benefits of Specialist Acquired Brain Injury Care
Following a brain injury, the individual and their loved ones often find the numerous tests and assessments complex and distressing, with x-rays, CT scans and other techniques used to determine the severity of the damage and the approaches and treatments available to help them regain mobility, speech, cognition and functions to resume their day to day life.
In some cases, this may be difficult, or the anticipated rehabilitation outcomes may be limited. This scenario can be difficult for everybody and commands a significant adjustment where a resident with a head injury may require around-the-clock care over the long term or be faced with an extended recovery timescale that needs supervision, support, compassion and personal care.
A nursing care centre with a brain injury service is often the ideal solution, where families and people affected by acquired brain injury can tap into a wealth of knowledge, reassurance and advice, understanding all the options available.
Specialist support is always adapted to the individual, with the option of 24-hour nursing and care assistance, help with medications, and multi-disciplinary services such as physiotherapy, psychiatric help and neurology referrals.
Acquired brain injury residents with good recovery prospects also benefit from the ongoing care, company and assistance our care teams offer, where relearning to walk or gaining back muscle strength and mobility can take many months. In the interim, daily help with bathing, dressing, personal care, participating in the local community and having always-on help with rehabilitation can provide care that may be difficult to provide outside of the care home environment.
Other Specialist Care and Nursing Support From the Forest Healthcare Group
Across the Forest Healthcare Group of residential care centres and nursing homes, we offer a comprehensive array of services, including respite care for family caregivers, temporary recovery and rehabilitation care and long-term or permanent accommodation.
Our skilled care professionals also offer condition-specific, sensitive, and respectful care for people with progressive diseases, health conditions, or diagnoses requiring reliable support to sustain the highest quality of life.
Please get in touch with us at any point should you have any questions about care services for acquired brain injury residents, our locations and facilities, or other care options for you or a loved one who may have complex care requirements. We welcome guests to our care centres for a confidential chat with our friendly care managers, who will gladly offer a guided tour and provide any information you need.