Kent House, Aylesbury, Bucks

		Kent House is a long-term residential rehabilitation centre for adults with a severe acquired brain injury, run by the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust (BIRT). We offer a service to service users with an acquired brain injury who require longer-term care and rehabilitation. Our service users will normally have already experienced a period of intensive rehabilitation before coming to Kent House.
Our philosophy is that all people with brain injury have the potential for continued rehabilitation, no matter how severe their injury or how long ago it occurred. Each service user has an individual programme designed to meet their own particular needs. View the Kent House photo gallery

Download our annual report 2009 (pdf 404KB).

rehabilitation

We aim to promote the independence and self-esteem of our service users within the framework of a neurobehavioural model.

Kent House offers comfortable, modern accommodation alongside unobtrusive clinical supervision from expert staff. Each service user has their own large room with en-suite facilities. Four service user live in one-bedroom bungalows in the grounds.

Although Kent House can be a ‘home for life’, many of our service users do move on to BIRT’s supported housing – ordinary houses in the community in which two or three residents live with 24 hour staff supervision and care.

We make extensive use of local facilities to support individual rehabilitation programmes, including the Stoke Mandeville Sports Stadium.

Many of our service users have vocational placements with local employers.

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Supported accommodation

The following supported house in the community is part of the overall service offered by Kent House.

Harvey Road, Aylesbury

This unit offers opportunities for service users to continue rehabilitation in less supervised environments. This provide an ideal opportunity to consolidate the skills gained within the main unit, but in a more home-like environment. Service users continue to receive clinical support.

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staff team

The team at Kent House consists of a clinical neuropsychologist (the clinical team leader) and an assistant psychologist, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, speech and language therapist, therapy assistants, vocational trainer, programme coordinator, programme assistants and rehabilitation support workers.

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how to find us

Kent House is situated on the edge of the Mandeville Estate in Aylesbury. We are just off the A41, with excellent road and rail links to the rest of the country.

For more detailed information about the location of Kent House please view our on-line map.

The latest National Care Standards Commission report on Kent House is available to all our service users and anyone wishing to access any part of our service.

Download our annual report 2008 (pdf 273KB).

For further information about Kent House contact:

Service Manager
Kent House
1 Haslerig Close
Aylesbury HP21 9PH
Bucks
Tel: 01296 330101
kh@birt.co.uk

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Events and news from Kent House

Holiday cottage

	For three years running, service users at Harvey Road have chosen to holiday in Dorset. The peaceful holiday cottage is set in a wood and is frequently visited by deer and wild ponies. Nearby there are many places of interest and things to do. At Lulworth Castle we saw some lovely old buildings and a demonstration of combat through the ages. Actors dressed in costumes from different historical periods and demonstrated how they went into battle. Roman gladiators, knights in armour and armies from the 17th and 18th centuries demonstrated how to use their swords, muskets, cannons etc. It was very noisy at times. After Lulworth Castle we went to the relative peace of Lulworth Cove. We sat on the beach and watched the sailing boats launch, canoes and people swimming. The following day we went to Sea World at Weymouth. Highlights here included the feeding of the penguins, sharks, seals and turtles.

Service user Michael O’Hara said: “Travelling was good. When we got to Sea World it was very, very good.” Weymouth Town and Harbour area was also visited.

We also had trips to the National Motor Museum and Beaulieu and Stonehenge. Mark Grimmer said of the holiday: “It was interesting, I enjoyed it”. Ian Wilson said the holiday was ‘alright’ and added he would like to go again next year.

Scout visit

Members of the 1st Aylesbury Bearbrook Cub Pack attend the recent Family Day at Kent House where they received their prize for being regional winner in the Look After Your Head poster competition.

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Kent House is a long-term residential rehabilitation centre for adults
Individual bedrooms which service users personalise to their own tastes
Spacious communal areas
Bungalows in the grounds offer a chance of greater independence
Well-equipped therapy rooms
On-site activities are complemented by use of external facilities and vocational placements
Accessible kitchen for service users
Attractive outdoor areas
The chance to pursue your own interests

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