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Facilities for rehabilitation of adults after head injury

Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre, Oxford

A. Gatherer

Oxfordshire Health Authority

Little information has been published about facilities that exist for rehabilitation after head injury. In 1985 a questionnaire was sent to 27 centres throughout the UK known to make some provision for rehabilitation of adults after head injury. Information was sought on five broad areas of provision: location and size of centre; patient population; facilities and services provided; communications; teaching and research interests.

Replies were received from 23 centres, all but three of which were funded by the National Health Service. In total 112 beds (14%) were occupied by head-injured patients. One centre took only head injuries and a furtherthree concentrated on neurological rehabilitation. Six excluded referrals with behavioural problems. All the NHS funded centres gave preference to referrals from their own district or region. Length of stay for head-injured patients ranged from one day to three years. Active therapy was provided by all centres and occupied between three and six hours per day.

Although this survey was not exhaustive, it indicates wide regional differences in the availability of rehabilitation and provides a framework for further investigations, especially in regions where no facilities were identified.

Clinical Rehabilitation, Vol. 2, No. 4, 315-318 (1988)
DOI: 10.1177/026921558800200408


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