Headway Basingstoke Helping Individuals with Brain Injuries (and their families & carers) Registered Charity No. 1056048 A Charitable Company limited by guarantee Registered in England - No. 3206788 Affiliated to Headway, the brain injury association Headway Place Basingstoke Headway Basingstoke is an independent registered charity, and a charitable company limited by guarantee, managed by a team of volunteer Trustees. The organisation is affiliated to Headway UK and operates within the North Hampshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) area and surrounding areas within the Hampshire/Berkshire/Surrey borders Headway Place is Headway Basingstoke’s Day Centre providing cognitive, physical and social rehabilitation for adults who have sustained brain injuries. It is an excellent facility to help people with brain injuries, and their families, receive up- to-date therapies, equipment use and advice and guidance, to aid recovery and regain independence. ★ If you need help, or have responsibility for someone else who may need help, do not hesitate to contact us: Headway Basingstoke Headway Place Homefield Way Basingstoke Hampshire RG24 9SP Tel: (01256) 314969 Fax: (01256) 358888 [email protected]www.headwaybasingstoke.org.uk 2015 ★ Every 90 seconds someone is admitted to hospital in the UK with an acquired brain injury ★ There has been a 33.5% increase in UK head injury admissions in the last decade ★ Men are twice as likely to sustain a traumatic brain injury than women ★ 15-24 year old males and the over 80s are more at risk of traumatic brain injury Headway Basingstoke Service Manager Heather Jury [email protected][email protected]01256 314969
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Headway BasingstokeHelpingIndividuals with Brain Injuries(and their families & carers)
RegisteredCharity No.1056048
A Charitable Company limited by guaranteeRegistered in England - No. 3206788Affiliated to Headway, the brain injury association
Headway PlaceBasingstoke
Headway Basingstoke is an independent registered charity, and a charitable
company limited by guarantee, managed by a team of volunteer Trustees. The
organisation is affiliated to Headway UK and operates within the North Hampshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) area
and surrounding areas within the Hampshire/Berkshire/Surrey borders
Headway Place is Headway Basingstoke’s Day Centre providing cognitive, physical and social rehabilitation for adults who have sustained brain injuries.
It is an excellent facility to help people with brain injuries, and their families, receive up-to-date therapies, equipment use and advice and guidance, to aid recovery and regain independence.
★ If you need help, or have responsibility for someone else who may need help, do
Headway Basingstoke was founded in 1982 by relatives and carers of people who had sustained a brain injury. Having identified a need for specialised support locally, relatives and carers worked with professional medical staff to develop services specifically to meet their needs. Headway Place, Basingstoke, opened in 1986 as a Day Rehabilitation Unit and specialises in the rehabilitation and continued support for people with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) and their carers and families.
The Management Team and Trustees of Headway Basingstoke have been able to help a large number of people who have sustained brain injury, regain their confidence and achieve their potential.
Brain Injury takes many forms and has many causes and levels of severity. The brain injury can strike anyone at any time and doesn’t just affect individuals; it can transform the lives of entire families.
Activities at Headway Place are many and varied; a formal cognitive rehabilitation programme, workshops to improve both cognitive and practical skills are offered - from memory, attention and language to cooking, art/pottery and gardening. Additionally, we also offer an external rehabilitation service accessing local and national amenities.
Clients have varying degrees of mobility and dependence and so therapy and long term outcomes for each differs greatly, as no two brain injuries are the same. Assessing and meeting these specialised needs is where we feel the strength of Headway Basingstoke lies.
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Many thousands sustain a minor brain injury resulting in unconsciousness for 15 minutes or less; many have short term loss of attention, concentration or memory.
Although they usually recover completely within 3 - 6 months the problems they face during their recovery period are very real, and people often feel frustrated that they are not fully informed about these “unseen” injuries.
Thousands of people may sustain severe brain injuries and be unconscious for 6 hours or more. Brain injury does not necessarily affect life span, and those with severe injuries are likely to need full-time, round the clock care for the rest of their lives. Families take most of the strain and the impact of care places the family unit under severe pressure.
How does Headway
Help?
Headway organisations nationally, led by Headway the brain injury association, help those who have sustained brain injury, and their families and carers, by providing information about the possible consequences of brain injury and the related problems which can face both injured and those involved with them. A wide range of publications can be found at:
www.headway.org.uk
A link can also be found from Headway Basingstoke’s website
www.headwaybasingstoke.org.uk
(tab: Useful Information and Links)
As a local brain injury charity Headway Basingstoke’s specialist assessment and treatment focuses on Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy (CRT), physical therapies, occupational therapies, independent living skills and outreach support for adults with acute or long-term acquired brain injury.
Headway Basingstoke is accessible 5 days per week and the centre now provides in-house rehabilitation services:
Monday-Thursday 10:00-15:00Headway Basingstoke can help
