National Rehabilitation Hospital

NRH Annual Report

Eimear Foley — Mon, 14 May 2012 09:00:09 +0000

“2011 was a special year for the National Rehabilitation Hospital as we celebrated the Hospital’s 50th year as National Provider of Specialist Services. Our Annual Report for 2011, which I encourage you to read, highlights the specialist work undertaken daily by our Staff at NRH, encompassing the talents, qualities and competencies that are vital in the provision of Complex Specialist Rehabilitation Services to our patients at the National Rehabilitation Hospital”

Derek Greene, Chief Executive

National Conference – Looking Forward: Specialist Rehabilitation Services in Ireland – Papers and Profile of Key Speakers

Eimear Foley — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:10:28 +0000

Looking Forward: Specialist Rehabilitation Services in Ireland

How should these services be developed and delivered?

Held on Friday 21^st October 2011, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.

Rehabilitation services in Ireland have historically been underdeveloped – now as we find ourselves with less money and bigger challenges than ever, we must ask how we can best manage and provide services for those most vulnerable in our community. Debates about rehabilitation often ask ‘where rehabilitation services should be provided – in hospital or in the Community?’ Clearly this is the wrong question – clients have different needs at different times along the continuum of care. The focus of this conference was to discuss:-

How do we make best use of available resources and provide quality, efficient, cost effective rehabilitation services?
How do we ensure that clients can access the services that are appropriate for their individual needs in a timely and effective manner?
How can we focus expertise and harness energy in planning and developing services within the context of wider health service developments?
Syndicate Sessions will focus on sharing experience and expertise between healthcare professionals towards the ongoing development of rehabilitation services in the context of best practice, continuum of care and durability of outcomes.

Details of Key Speakers and Conference Notes:-

Dr. Barry White, National Director of Clinical Strategy and Programmes: Clinical Care Programme: Better Care and Better Use of Resources

Profile – Dr Barry White – National Clinical Programmes

Dr. Éimear Smith, Medical Director Spinal Cord System of Care Programme, NRH: The Changing Demographics of Disability

Profile - Dr Éimear Smith – Changing Demographics of Disability

Mark Pollock, Adventure Athlete and Author: Rehabilitation: A Personal Perspective

Profile – Mark Pollock

Michael Butler, Care Group Co-Ordinator, Physical & Sensory Disability Services, West Cork: Planning, Implemenation and Maintenance of 3 Complete Care Plans in the Client’s Home – a Manager’s Perspective

Profile - Michael Butler – Planning, Implementation and Maintenance of 3 Complex Care Plans in the Client`s Home – a Managers Perspective

Charles Normand, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin: Cost of Care – Can we manage more effectively?

Profile - Professor Charles Normand – Cost of Care – Can we manage more effectively

Stephen T. Wegener, PhD, ABBP, Associate Professor Director, Division of Rehabilitation Psychology & Neuropsychology, Johns Hopkins University, USA: Sustainability of Oucomes

Profile Stephen T Wegener – Professor Stephen T Wegener – Sustainability of Rehabiliation Outcomes

Ian Roberston, Professor of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin:

Future Developments in Neurorehabilitation

Profile - Conference Presentation will be uploaded shortly

Dr. Áine Carroll, Clinical Lead of the Rehabilitation Medicine Programme, National Clinical Strategy and Programme Directorate, HSE: Specialist Rehabilitation Services – Where to from here?

Profile- Dr Aine Carroll – Specialist Rehabilitation Services – Where to from here?

Abstracts from Syndicate Sessions – 1 to 5.

1) Liaison and Outreach Services – a vital link in the chain of rehabilitation

2) Neurobehavioural & Disorders of Consciousness Services

3) Prosthetic, Orthotic and Limb Absence Rehabilitation – A multidisciplinary approach

4) The Challenge of Rehabilitation in the Developing Child

5) Health Promotion in Disability

e-mail conference@nrh.ie | www.nrh.ie

Tel 01 235 5219 | FAX 01 235 2110

NEW NRH Patient Booklet

Eimear Foley — Mon, 23 May 2011 11:05:53 +0000

The new NRH Patient Handbook provides useful information that you may wish to refer to during your time with us and follwing discharge from NRH.

Jamming for Music Therapy

Eimear Foley — Wed, 11 May 2011 14:57:43 +0000

Spring Concert in aid of the Paediatric Music Therapy service at NRH:

Saturday 14th May 2011 / Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire / 8.00pm

Your host: Eamon Keane will also perform on the night with songs from his album Hang the Moon

Over 12 professional musical acts have generously donated their time to play on the night. These include: Nectar /Quintessentially Brass / The Blue Moon Band / Jessica Harris & John Garvey / Emma Quinn, Shay Fogarty, George Eggleston, Aoife Keegan / Kerrie O’Connor / The Funkateers / Sarah Franklin / Ciara O’Connor & Aoife Franklin / Sold Out. More information on Music Therapy…

NRH Celebrates 50th Anniversary in 2011

Eimear Foley — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:19:29 +0000

NRH – Delivering and Developing Specialist Medical Rehabilitation since 1961

President Mary McAleese formally launched the National Rehabilitation Hospital’s 50th Anniversary Year on 2nd February 2011. At the launch, President McAleese said she believed that the vision of a new NRH would be realised because of the extraordinary fidelity of its founders, the Sisters or Mercy and its board, management and staff. President McAleese also said the hospital “accompanies patients and their families so closely through the most testing of emotional tempests as they adapt to what is for many a significant change in how they experience their lives”.

In the past 50 years, the hospital has cared for over 36,500 Inpatients and has reviewed over 250,000 patients in our Outpatient Service.

When it opened in 1961, the NRH (then known as Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, and subsequently as the National Medical Rehabilitation Centre) was – and still is - a unique self-contained rehabilitation unit, the only hospital of its kind in Ireland.

A programme of events to celebrate the year has been organised and current and former patients and staff will be key participants in these events.

Congratulations To All At NRH

nrhadmin — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:23:03 +0000

NRH have been awarded a maximum three year accreditation, extending to June 2011. We thank all our patients for their participation in the accreditation survey, and all staff members for their commitment to achieving continuous quality improvement for the benefit of our patients.

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