What does Cardiff and Vale Offer?

Referral Process

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adults 18+
• Clinically diagnosed Acquired Brain Injury.  This includes:
• Traumatic Brain Injury (e.g. fall, accident, assault)
• Sub-Arachnoid Haemorrhage
• Hypoxic Brain Injury
• Tumours (Excludes Rapidly Progressing and High Grade)
• Encephalitis/ other Infective Conditions
• Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
• Acquired brain injury has occurred within the last 5 years
• Brain injury is the primary need
  • If the individual has other needs which have greater priority (e.g. Substance Misuse or Mental Health) we would request that they are referred for their Primary difficulty first
• Has Identified Rehab Goals and are willing/able to engage in rehab
  • NB we do provide a monitoring service for those Individuals with Severe Brain Injury who have Long-Term maintenance needs as a result of their Brain Injury, rather than requiring active rehabilitation)
• Needs a Team Approach (rather than input from a single therapy only)
• Medically Stable

Exclusion Criteria

• Stroke
• Degenerative conditions
• Individuals with concussion/post concussion symptoms 
  • This requires a different type of input
• We do not see individuals who reside in Residential or Nursing Homes
• We do not offer a Crisis or Rapid Response Service

Acceptable Referrals

• Allied Health Professionals
• GP's
• Social Workers
• Consultants
• Headway 

We do not accept self-referrals