“We Need Our Heads Examined”, a campaign led by the Neurological Alliance of Ireland (NAI) and supported by fifteen of its members, is calling on the Government to tackle the critical shortage of rehabilitation services for people with neurological conditions.
There is a dire shortage of rehabilitation services in Ireland for the 25,000 people with neurological conditions each year who need them. Without rehabilitation, people suffer preventable disabilities, cannot return to work and young people are forced to live in nursing homes because there is nowhere else for them to go.
The campaign is calling for immediate action on rehabilitation services after a decade of broken promises which has seen no investment and no progress despite the publication of a National Neurorehabilitation Strategy in 2011.
See article highlighting the comments of Dr Mark Delargy, Clinical Director of the National Rehabilitation Hospital, at the launch who noted that “Not everyone who needs to can access vital specialist rehabilitation in a hospital setting, and when they are discharged, they often receive little or no additional supports in the community.For many, there is no other option than to be inappropriately placed in a nursing home with little chance of gaining any independence.”
The article can be read in full at http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/health/braininjured-being-denied-proper-rehabilitation-34829021.html
Full details of the campaign, including how you can support it are available at http://www.nai.ie/go/campaign_centre/we_need_our_heads_examined
Read Anne and Christy’s story http://www.nai.ie/go/campaign_centre/personal_stories/living-with-huntingtons-disease
Notice:
On Thursday 23rd June, the Neurological Alliance of Ireland, together with fifteen of its member organisations (including Chronic Pain Ireland), will launch a new campaign “We Need Our Heads Examined” calling for investment in rehabilitation services.
There is a dire shortage of rehabilitation services in Ireland for the 25,000 people with neurological conditions each year who need them. Without rehabilitation, people suffer preventable disabilities, cannot return to work and young people are forced to live in nursing homes because there is nowhere else for them to go.
The campaign is calling for immediate action on rehabilitation services after a decade of broken promises which has seen no investment and no progress despite the publication of a National Neurorehabilitation Strategy in 2011.
Details of how you can support the campaign will be available on the NAI website from 23rd June
In the meantime, watch this video about Brian’s experience and learn more about why we need investment in rehabilitation services to “Put the Pieces Back Together” for people like Brian living with neurological conditions throughout Ireland.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYZPHcn7xZg
