Fantastic performance this afternoon - congratulations to everyone involved 👏👏

Today I had the privilege of watching an incredible performance by these amazing survivors! It was powerful to get a glimpse of life after brain injury. Pushing boundaries of “realistic goal setting” to reach personal highs! Dr Jonnie McCrea Brain Injury Matters #SLTs #AHPs #BrainInjury

“Last years ADASS report said there had been an 8% increase to waiting lists for social care with 470,000 older and disabled people waiting for care to start, direct payments or their care needs to be assessed.” #RightToRehab

Final rehearsal Lyric Theatre Belfast this pm for the performance tomorrow by Brain Injury Matters 'Unusual Suspects' Physical Theatre Ensemble, produced by Rogue Encounters (formerly Kids in Control). 🎭
Brain Injury Matters
Kids In Control (soon to be... Rogue Encounters)
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Northern Trust
South Eastern Trust
Belfast Trust

Cognitive effects of brain injury: Insight & self-awareness

Brain injury can result in a range of changes. However, sometimes a brain injury survivor may be unaware that these changes have taken place.

headway.org.uk/about-brain-in…

#BrainInjury #BrainInjury Awareness

Do you experience executive dysfunction? We look at the cognitive, emotional and behavioural skills that are collectively described as 'executive functions', and how they are often affected by brain injury: buff.ly/3TISGcR

Today is #WorldHealthDay

#Physiotherapy ensures your right to:
❤️ Safe, quality care
🔒 Privacy & confidentiality of your health data
ℹ️ Information about your treatment
🙋 Bodily autonomy and integrity

#Physiotherapy ensures your right to health!

WHO/Europe #MyHealthMyRight

Today is #WorldHealthDay2024

let us be reminded that there is

No Health Without #MentalHealth
&
No Mental Health Without #HumanRights

Become a World Health Organization (WHO) #QualityRights advocate and promote human rights in mental health

#MyHealthMyRight #WorldHealthDay2024

A vital leadership role in Western Trust for Nursing, Midwifery AND AHPs.
It “provides an opportunity to join a corporate management team committed to a culture of collective leadership”. And yet leaders from all 13 Allied Health Professions are prevented from applying.

'But you don’t look disabled...' We asked brain injury survivors to share their experiences of the well-meaning but frustrating things people have said to them. See what made the top 10...
headway.org.uk/about-brain-in…

3 things?
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UN Charter (1946)
1) “…Dignity, Worth & Rights” of everyone
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UNCRPD (2006)
2) Preamble, Articles 2, 19, 20, 26 & 30
3) “Disability arises from interaction between person with impairment & attitudinal & environmental barriers”
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#UNCRPD
👩🏼‍🦽
un.org/development/de…

Each Brain Injury Identity Card is personalised, helping the card holder to explain the effects of their brain injury and request any support they may need. Find out more: headway.org.uk/supporting-you…

Cognitive effects of brain injury: Problems with reasoning

Being able to think information through, weigh up possible consequences and make decisions accordingly can be affected after brain injury.

headway.org.uk/about-brain-in…

#BrainInjury #BrainInjury Awareness

'The Headway Brain Injury Identity Card - a simple solution to a tricky conversation headway.org.uk/supporting-you…
Designed to help police officers and staff more easily identify brain injury survivors and ensure that they receive an appropriate response and support.'

Physiotherapists need to refer people into community based exercise programmes bit.ly/4aBX3NE why? self-selection favours self efficacy -those that need it most don't attend; help scale up #ebp programmes; build 2 way referral. agile.csp.org.uk/content/referr… AGILE Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

Executive Dysfunction' is used to collectively describe impairment in the 'executive functions' - the key cognitive, emotional and behavioural skills that are used to navigate through life. We list seven signs of executive dysfunction after brain injury:
headway.org.uk/about-brain-in…

Dr Jonnie McCrea Brain Injury Matters Triathlon Ireland Peter Harrison Foundation HalifaxFoundationNI Dawson Stelfox Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Tom Sullivan ICE Trikes Allied Health Professions Federation NI CSP NI Board Dave Saunders ISCP nigelhart Public Health Agency Absolutely fantastic everyone 👏
(Still love the green jerseys 💚)

This is what overcoming brain injuries can look like 👇
Thank you 🙏 Brain Injury Matters

SERE Lisburn Duathlon: Race Report & Gallery is now live 🏃🚴🏼🏃

🔗 bit.ly/43BYnOn

📸 Jonny Collins

#TriathlonIreland | #DuathlonNationalSeries