Patient description: Potentially medically unstable, but does not require critical care – unable to actively participate due to PTA, confusion, rejection, agitation, or low awareness state.

Description of rehabilitation input: Needs inpatient care and treatment, and environmental and behavioural management, for physical dependency and confusion, and continuous clinical assessment (nursing, medical, therapy) to detect deterioration and prevent avoidable complications, and to facilitate optimal timing of rehab input and referral to next rehab programme

Contact:
Acute Brain Injury Service,
Box 119,
The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery,
33 Queen Square,
London.
WC1N 3BG

Tel: 020 3448 3416

http://www.uclh.nhs.uk/OurServices/ServiceA-Z/Neuro/Stroke/ABIU/Pages/Home.aspx