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| Kate Allatt A Rocky Stroke Recovery |
Chloe, from UKABIF, gave the BBC newsnight producers my contact details, last week. With a late call up, I found myself quickly getting to London!Today, getting to London, was a bit of a disaster from start to finish, but I got there, even though, (I have to admit) I was a bit ‘stroke’ stressed.
Kirsty Walk presents this based on a BBC article published yesterday.
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24958181
She was lovely as was my fabulous co-guest Professor ‘Lynne’, from Kings College, London, as we try to put a rocket up brain injury / stroke rehabilitation a**, albeit in very different ways!)
Disgusting, appalling,
In case you missed it… Here it is on iplayer.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/iplayer/episode/b03j8b1z/Newsnight_18_11_2013
Vulnerable people are often neglected and mistreated by society. Fact.
Professor Barns from UKABIF is spot on, well he has over 20 years experience of Neuro Physio after all!
What I also think:
* Maintaining SURVIVAL statistics,
I’ll explain.
- A VW car manufacturer wants to report that the car they made is safe. They want the brain injured car crash victim to leave the scene ALIVE.
- The subsequent, ambulance wants to drive the patient ALIVE to A & E.
- A & E want to transfer the patient ALIVE to ICU.
- ICU wants to stabilise the patient for the ward ALIVE.
- The ward then wants to send the patient ALIVE to rehab.
- As soon it is possible the rehab transfers the ALIVE patient to a) a care home b) their home in the community. Ie the acute short term costs of care got rid of and the patient forgotten about!
But they also shift the cost centre to someone else! Cynical? Really?
Other things I think:
* Premature pessimistic medical prognoses why o why, are medics so bloody judgmental and scared of giving families any sort of hope or positivity?
Social media access as standard, for all cognitive patients who can establish any sort of communication signal, in hospital.
* This is free
* Help similarly brain injured people reach others globally for support.
* It helps motivate individuals
* Provides patient anonymity
Please start being patient-centred and understand a patients previous:
* Personality
* Drivers
* Motivation levels
* Interests
* Friends/family dynamics
Because these could improve patient outcomes & well being and reduce long term care/rehab costs. Ie, initial pain, for long term gain!
The future:
* Repetition
* Intensity
* Frequency
Ie, In ICU or straight after emerging from a coma, (if in one).
(Ie Loved-ones will need to do this for the patient, if they are not cognitively aware.)
Future patient self-management will increase. Therefore, people affected by brain injury, will need more training in this area to keep patient outcomes improving and the care costs falling.
Loved my first Newsnight experience!!
INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT AVERAGES
BTW the Green Room was actually a white room!! :)
Thanks Chloe, James Cracknell next!
Fighting Strokes :)
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