Neurobehavioural Rehabilitation
for People with an Acquired Brain Injury

The Neurobehavioural Rehabilitation Service is a new community reintegration service for people with acquired brain injury, set up as a joint venture between the Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney and Rehability Australia. This service provides a continuum of assessment, rehabilitation and ongoing support.
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People who acquire a brain injury can often experience
significant cognitive, physical, social, behavioural and emotional
difficulties that can affect their ability to live independently in the
community. The Service supports and enables people to regain the functional and social skills they need to attain a quality of life and to live a chosen lifestyle with as much autonomy as possible.

Approach

The Service uses the neurobehavioural approach developed by the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust in the UK. The neurobehavioural approach is proven to be effective in helping individuals with an acquired brain injury improve their functional skills and thereby reduce long-term care-costs.

The Service has a large inter-disciplinary team. A Senior Neuropsychologist/Clinical Psychologist leads the clinical service delivery. The support staff that work with service users are highly trained in order to deliver the interventions that are designed by the clinical team.

Each service user has an individual program of rehabilitation. This structured learning program includes personal and domestic activities of daily living, use of leisure time, community access skills, behavioural management interventions, sessions aimed at improving communication and mobilising skills, social skills training as well as vocational training and placements. The program is designed in such a way that large portions of it can be easily transferred to a new setting once an individual is discharged. Service users are encouraged to access the community with support for functional as well as social and leisure activities.

Location

The Neurobehavioural Rehabilitation Service is currently based at the Royal Rehabilitation Centre but will be moving to a location in the community in 2011.

Service Eligibility

The service is available for adults with an acquired brain injury whose behavioural and/or cognitive deficits mean that they have complex needs and relatively high risk profiles. The usual age range for admission is 18-65. It is intended for those individuals, both male and female, whose placement in the community in less supported settings may otherwise be difficult to sustain and is at risk of breaking down.

Referrals

Referrals can be made to the Service Manager at the Neurobehavioural Rehabilitation Service:

Conact: Barbara Bailey, Service Manager
ABI Neurobehavioural Rehabilitation Service
Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney
Ph: (02) 9808 9264
Facsimile: (02) 9808 9637
Email: nrs@royalrehab.com.au

Links

BIRT - Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust (UK) - www.birt.co.uk

Ageing Disability and Home Care – NSW Department of Human Services

Department of Families, Housing, Community Services, & Indigenous Affairs

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Neurobehavioural Rehabilitation for People with an Acquired Brain Injury