pre-admission

Before being accepted onto the programmes offered by the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust (BIRT), we need to assess whether people will benefit from our services. This assessment can take place at one of our units or in someone’s home.

We will consider any person with an acquired brain injury (whether caused by illness, accident or assault).

We would not normally consider people with congenital forms of brain injury or those with degenerating neurological conditions (such as dementia, MS or Huntington’s disease).

Our programmes are aimed at individuals who it is believed are capable of developing socially acceptable behaviours, even if challenging or anti-social behaviours are present. They are not designed for people who display serious, frequent or gratuitous acts of physical aggression.

Following the initial visit we will also outline the likely aims of any rehabilitation programme.

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