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Optua UK provides specialist services, case management and support for people with an acquired brain injury.
Our services enable clients to live at home with as much independence as possible and provide them with the support they need to live an active life in the community. We are a well established provider of these specialist services and are developing services from our bases in East Anglia and teh West Midlands.
Optua UK can provide the next step for people leaving medical rehabilitation to give them the opportunity to return to a community setting with the specific support they need. Anyone can purchase our services, either through their social care or health services, or privately.
Our Case Management Service provides specialist management input enabling people with an acquired brain injury to manage their own affairs and design their own support. We work with a range of agencies or our support services, which provide high quality care and support in your own home and can be provided at any location within East Anglia and West Midlands and beyond.
We also provide brain injury specific training for other domicilliary and care agencies, as well as Service Mapping & Interactive Directory Website Design.
Suffolk County Council Accredited Provider
- We operate an open referral system and a form can be downloaded from our website www.optuauk.org.uk
Publicly funded
- free at point of access
Privately funded (anyone can purchase)
This Service was mapped by Eastern Region ABI. See HERE for more information
Patient description
Medically stable, requiring supportive environment/accommodation, able to actively participate with and benefit from therapy. Will include spectrum of initial severity of injury with a small minority derived from Code 05 category
Sites
Residential Care/Supported Housing
Description of rehabilitation input
Retraining and enablement in day-to-day domestic and community-based tasks in a non-hospital, home-like environment, aimed at community re-integration/ inclusion by enhancing independence, wellbeing, & assist return to work/ education. In collaboration with Social Services, neuropsychiatry, voluntary and statutory services. Help for family/carers in supporting the person in these roles, and with identifying statutory support available.
Patient description
Information and guidance over a continuum. Family support and outreach. Advocacy
Sites
All sites
Description of rehabilitation input
Information and guidance over a continuum. Family support and outreach. Advocacy
Patient description
Medically stable. Able to live in the community alone or with others.
Sites
Client's home/the community
Description of rehabilitation input
Enablement, support and care to develop social skills, stamina, confidence, attention & leisure pursuits, sorting out benefits, day supervision & respite care. Specific attention paid to Community involvement & integration (further education etc), Personal social development and empowerment and structuring activity towards achieving goals. Includes support that may be purchased with a personal budget.
Patient description
Carer support from initial injury, patient support when able to communicate
Sites
All sites
Description of rehabilitation input
Assessment, guidance, management of care and support and rehabilitation needs; involving close liaison/working with the family.
No Data for NMDS
Optua UK (East Anglian Office)
Location and Contact detailsCedar House Pytches Road Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 1EP Telephone: 01394 388588 Email: information@optuauk.org.uk http://www.optua.org.uk/Community_Brain_Injur... |
Type of organisation
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miles (straight line)miles (approximate road distance) Entry last updatedOct 26, 2012 |
Further Details
Optua UK provides specialist services, case management and support for people with an acquired brain injury.
Our services enable clients to live at home with as much independence as possible and provide them with the support they need to live an active life in the community. We are a well established provider of these specialist services and are developing services from our bases in East Anglia and teh West Midlands.
Optua UK can provide the next step for people leaving medical rehabilitation to give them the opportunity to return to a community setting with the specific support they need. Anyone can purchase our services, either through their social care or health services, or privately.
Our Case Management Service provides specialist management input enabling people with an acquired brain injury to manage their own affairs and design their own support. We work with a range of agencies or our support services, which provide high quality care and support in your own home and can be provided at any location within East Anglia and West Midlands and beyond.
We also provide brain injury specific training for other domicilliary and care agencies, as well as Service Mapping & Interactive Directory Website Design.
Services available
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National = country wide, Regional = offering a
service within 150 miles, Local = offering a service within 50
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This service adheres to the following Regulatory Frameworks / is affiliated to the following bodies:
CQC 3* serviceSuffolk County Council Accredited Provider
Referrals can be made by
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- We operate an open referral system and a form can be downloaded from our website www.optuauk.org.uk
How are services paid for?
Publicly funded
- free at point of access
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| Jointly funded by NHS & Social Care Services | | | |
Privately funded (anyone can purchase)
Typical duration that a service is offered
As long as neededThis Service was mapped by Eastern Region ABI. See HERE for more information
Services available are defined by the following EHIG Rehabilitation Codes
For an explanation of the codings please click hereSUPPORTED HOUSING OR RESIDENTIAL CARE
[Code 75]Patient description
Medically stable, requiring supportive environment/accommodation, able to actively participate with and benefit from therapy. Will include spectrum of initial severity of injury with a small minority derived from Code 05 category
Sites
Residential Care/Supported Housing
Description of rehabilitation input
Retraining and enablement in day-to-day domestic and community-based tasks in a non-hospital, home-like environment, aimed at community re-integration/ inclusion by enhancing independence, wellbeing, & assist return to work/ education. In collaboration with Social Services, neuropsychiatry, voluntary and statutory services. Help for family/carers in supporting the person in these roles, and with identifying statutory support available.
SOMEONE TO TALK TO
[Code 110]Patient description
Information and guidance over a continuum. Family support and outreach. Advocacy
Sites
All sites
Description of rehabilitation input
Information and guidance over a continuum. Family support and outreach. Advocacy
SUPPORT AT HOME
[Code 115]Patient description
Medically stable. Able to live in the community alone or with others.
Sites
Client's home/the community
Description of rehabilitation input
Enablement, support and care to develop social skills, stamina, confidence, attention & leisure pursuits, sorting out benefits, day supervision & respite care. Specific attention paid to Community involvement & integration (further education etc), Personal social development and empowerment and structuring activity towards achieving goals. Includes support that may be purchased with a personal budget.
CASE MANAGEMENT
[Code 140]Patient description
Carer support from initial injury, patient support when able to communicate
Sites
All sites
Description of rehabilitation input
Assessment, guidance, management of care and support and rehabilitation needs; involving close liaison/working with the family.
This service is defined by the NMDS (National Minimum Data Set) codes as:
For an explanation of the NMDS, please click hereNo Data for NMDS
