Acquired Brain Injury

Acquired Brain Injury, Traumatic and Non Traumatic

Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) services are provided by QEF at our Banstead centre. Very often acquired brain injury is a result of a physical impact to the head such as a fall or accident, referred to as a traumatic brain injury. However it can also result as a result of non-traumatic injury, such as a brain tumour, illness, hypoxic injury (lack of oxygen to the brain), poisoning or a metabolic disorder.

Very often, acquired brain injury affects a person’s ability to coordinate themselves while performing an action or to communicate their thoughts in the way they want to. Acquired brain injury does not affect individual’s intellectual abilities but rather interrupts their cognitive ability to communicate and take physical actions.

Acquired Brain Injury rehabilitation

The symptoms of an acquired brain injury vary in each individual. Whether it is a traumatic brain injury or non traumatic, QEF provide an initial period of detailed assessment to devise a negotiated Action Plan, designed to address each client’s needs an ensure their brain injury rehabilitation is tailored specifically to their needs. The Action Plan comprises long-term goals and shorter-term aims and targets; these are regularly evaluated and revised. Our rehabilitation programmes are broken down in more detail on our neuro rehabilitation page.