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Ascot Rehab
On receiving the award, Dr Ali Al-Memar CEO
and Consultant Neurologist, said: “We are privileged to receive this prestigious award. It is an acknowledgment of the commitment, dedication, and vision of our team in providing the centre of excellence in rehabilitation healthcare.”
Launched in 2012, Ascot Rehabilitation Ltd is a centre of excellence, o ering the highest quality consultant-led rehabilitation and trans-disciplinary care to those su ering from neurological conditions. Since then the company has grown considerably by guiding patients through their recovery both in the UK and overseas which
has gained Ascot Rehab recognition in the international market.
Who we help
We provide bespoke rehabilitation from our purpose built inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Surrey, at our outpatient facilities at both Harley Street and Wimpole Street in London and within the comfort of our patients’ own homes.
We provide rehabilitation for:
l Stroke
l Traumatic Brain and Spinal cord injury l Multiple Sclerosis
l Parkinson’s Disease
l Other neurological conditions
l Amputee rehabilitation
l Musculoskeletal rehabilitation
l Paediatric outpatient rehabilitation
l Support and education to families and
training to care teams
People like Tom
Tom had a horri c traumatic head injury while working in Australia as a tree surgeon. He
arrived in the UK dependent on a wheelchair. His movement was limited, he had a feeding tube to meet his nutritional needs, his communication was predominantly non-verbal and he demonstrated some inappropriate behaviour. Tom was
Tom was a patient at Ascot Rehab after su ering a traumatic head injury.
The company provides bespoke rehabilitation services.
OUR TEAM
Highly quali ed consultants include Rehabilitation Physicians, Neurologists, Neuropsychiatrists and Spinal Neurosurgeons with vast experience within their eld of expertise.
Supported by Ascot Rehab’s
dynamic therapy team, comprising of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists and Neuro and Clinical Psychologists.
We create multidisciplinary teams to maximise each patient’s rehabilitation potential.
incontinent of the bladder and bowels day and night and showed evidence of post traumatic amnesia with signi cant cognitive problems and required assistance for all personal care needs.
After four months in our care, he was mobile with supervision, communicating verbally as
well as using assistive communication, continent of bladder and bowels during the day and independently attending therapy sessions. He needed supervision for the personal care and had begun to take some puree food and liquids orally.
As Tom put it: “There aren’t enough words to thank Ascot Rehab for getting me back to normal. It means so much. Thank God for you.”
Why we’re di erent
Our extensive research among experts in this eld told us that the status quo was awed. Too many patients were being given recovery goals
that suited the hospital’s template. Sessions were too short and infrequent. And so we took a blank piece of paper and started again.
The keys to success were clear: early goal-driven rehabilitation coupled with a strong focus on maximising independence and quality of life.
Combining these goals gave shape to our methods together with our aim of making this signi cantly more a ordable than any current private provision. As a result we have:
l Pioneered longer treatments on six days per week.
l Worked around goals tailored to – and chosen by – each patient.
l Liaised with families and care teams to create a rehab ‘team’
l Built personalised programmes using state-of- the-art equipment
l Enabled patients to become independent well ahead of expectations – typically three months faster than six month programmes elsewhere!
What we’re achieving
Let’s ask Tom: “A brain injury is such an unfortunate thing to happen to anyone. I can’t talk or move how I would like to, its so crap... I’m just completely useless to anyone. Rehab means so much. Thank rehab! Thank god for you.”
How have we managed to transform Tom’s
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