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“Imagine having to relearn a skill such as telling the time or tying your shoelaces. We have the skills to help someone to perform all of the day to day tasks that we take for granted.” This week we are celebrating the work that our Occupational Therapists do within the Trust for #OTweek2020.

“The affection, companionship and care he has received there has been outstanding. I can understand Leigh’s wish for independence and as far as we are concerned, Jane Percy House offers him everything (and more) that he would get at home with us.” As part of our 40th anniversary series of stories, here, Jenny, Leigh’s mother shares her thoughts on her sons journey and life at Jane Percy House.

Extensive refurbishment work has begun at Daniel Yorath House in Leeds, which was, when it first opened in 1992 one of the first assessment and rehabilitation centres for brain injury in the UK. This work will ensure the kitchen and bedrooms are more easily accessible for the people who live there.

Kerwin Court presents Reviewing the neurobehavioural approach to rehabilitation... "If at first you don’t succeed…”: Why neurobehavioural approaches can help with brain injury rehabilitation when neurorehabilitation can’t.

Free webinar Wednesday 18th November 10.00 – 11.30am We are pleased to announce our webinar “Assessing memory and attention in clinical neuropsychology with the BMIPB-II”. The BIRT Memory and Information Processing Battery (BMIPB) is a collection of tests used by Clinical Psychologists and Neuropsychologists to measure the effects of damage to the brain on memory and other cognitive abilities.

Matt, 59, from Glasgow had began drinking heavily after his mum's death in 2007. One night, Matt fell and hit his head while drinking and suffered a brain injury. Staff at our brain injury rehabilitation centre in Glasgow supported him to heal and turn his life around. "After I lost my mum, I started drinking. I used to get up in the morning and buy cider and go to my brother's house to drink. I would fall asleep on his couch and then wake up the next day and do the same."

Naomi Carey, Director of People and Organisation Development for The Disabilities Trust, says: "Since March I have been even prouder of the resilience, commitment and determination of our staff at The Disabilities Trust in the face of coronavirus and the challenges it has bought .... However we continue to be frustrated by the lack of funding to ensure meaningful recognition and appropriate reward for those who work in social care."

“We are delighted to announce the opening of Colson Road, near Glasgow in November. This new Supported Living service will run alongside our other two specialist services in Scotland Graham Anderson House Hospital and Eastfields. This service will support individuals who have an acquired brain injury and are able to live in the community with person centred support"

The Disabilities Trust is pleased to share that following a meeting with Victoria Atkins MP, Minister for Safeguarding, all prisoners in England will be screened for Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) sustained through domestic abuse from April 2021.

In 2013, practice nurse Lynda, 59, from Wales, had a haematoma and haemorrhage. Her husband Gareth became her full-time carer. After he died in 2017, Lynda moved to our residential centre in Hull to be closer to her brother. She was supported to grieve and move forward with her life. As part of our 40th anniversary series of stories, here, Lynda shares her story.