Brain Injury & Vocational Rehabilitation Specialists
Everyday Living Therapy is a specialist Occupational Therapy practice focusing on rehabilitation of patients with acquired brain injuries, vocational rehabilitation and rehabilitation of patients with disabling conditions.
Who are we?
Everyday Living Therapy was set up in 2011 by Kim Emery, the Lead Therapist and Company Director. By gathering a team of experienced specialists, she was able to reach more people and cater to a wider range of specific needs, improving the quality of life for even more clients across the south east of England.
Providing high quality yet cost-effective neuro and vocational specialist occupational therapy our small team can focus on the needs of individual clients to create effective and comprehensive therapy packages to meet each client’s unique situation.
Our team at Everyday Living Therapy has experience of working alongside people with many different neurological conditions which allows us to help a wide range of clients and pull on our robust in-house expertise if required to fulfil the holistic needs of the people we work with.
What do we do?
Our therapists are skilled in the assessment and treatment of individuals with neurological conditions. We focus on supporting our clients to be as independent as possible and improving their quality of life.
We are passionate about the importance of work and the reliable structure that ‘being in work’ provides, not only the financial reward but also the psychological benefit of being in work.
Experienced, passionate and empathetic Kim Emery is as skilled at identifying physical and cognitive impairments and their impact on a client’s everyday function as she is easy to talk to. This means that she provides a highly professional, but comfortable and understanding approach.
Kim Emery
Lead Therapist & Company Director
Our Teams Additional Clinical Specialisms
1. Fitness to Drive
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2. Moving & Handling
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3. Neuro Hand Therapy
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Who can we help?
As a mobile service, we cover East and West Sussex, parts of Kent, Hampshire and Surrey. We can visit the client at any location from home, work, hospital and care facilities. In addition, we also have the capability to offer remote video calls where the client feels this is more suitable for them.
Why should you pick us?
Because we care about you and want to help you achieve your work and life goals.
We want all our clients to reach their full potential, therefore our aim is to break down any barriers in the way of a person with a disability achieving this. We accomplish this through client centred, goal focused therapy and a holistic approach, producing original and innovative solutions.
We have a broad range of specialist skills at our disposal and over 20 years of rehabilitation experience to draw on across private, statutory health and social care sectors.
Our holistic approach actively encourages involvement from friends, relatives, carers and other health care professionals to fully achieve client goals.
The team has been carefully hand-picked to provide individuals with the specialist help they need, covering a multitude of clinical skill areas. For quality assurance, our team of occupational therapists at Everyday Living Therapy are all:
- Registered as members with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Hold Professional Indemnity Insurance
- Members of the British Association of Occupational Therapy (BAOT) or relevant professional body
- DBS Checked
Our team approach…
Our team consists of highly skilled and experienced Neuro Specialist Occupational Therapists all with their own unique clinical specialisms. We also have our very own Neuro Specialist Rehabilitation Assistant and IT Consultant.
As a team we aim to assist anyone who wants or needs further support and therapy maintain or regain their independence and improve their quality of life. We do this in the following stages…
1.
Thoroughly assess the impact of the injury or illness on your level of function and independence.
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Finalise a mutually agreed, goal orientated treatment program tailored completely to you and your needs.
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Support and assist you to break down the barriers that have been left behind by your illness or injuries and enable you to adapt and grow with new skills, self-esteem and improved function.
Case examples…
CLIENT ONE
We were asked to meet with Client 1 to provide a professional view on his capability to work. A brain injury as a child had left conditions such as cognitive issues and cortical blindness making day to day life very limited and frustrating as he was reliant on others for large proportions of the day.
Through education in modern communication devices using voice recognition controls he was able to change his role and become the person who helped other people for a change when using modern IOS systems. An improvement in mood and independence led to him being able to run a small online business.
CLIENT TWO
Our role was to bridge the gap between the NHS hospital and community rehabilitation services, stopping the need for further inpatient treatment.
Not only were we able to allow the client to continue their rehabilitation in their home environment, we were also involved in the planning and organising of the discharge process. This involved training carers in the use of equipment designed to improve the client’s mobility and ensuring the client would be cared for in the correct way.
CLIENT THREE
After a significant fall and multiple orthopaedic injuries we were asked to support Client 3 with equipment provision and assist with the return to work process.
Our assessment made it clear that on-going physical and functional limitations meant the client would require a considerable amount of rehabilitation before a return to work was possible.
Over a few years, our team worked alongside his case manager and physiotherapist to work towards the final goal, and although there were several complications and setbacks along the way Client 3 now runs his own business and, importantly, is enjoying his work.
Resources
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What our clients say…
I have been seeing Kim Emery for Occupational Therapy and Support for about 3 years, both over Zoom but mainly, in-person. In that time, she has gone above and beyond many times, and has helped me enormously with trying to get back to the health and work I enjoyed previous to my accident. Kim has tirelessly given advice on improvements I could make in daily life, both physically, through tools she has recommended, and by carefully noting issues she observed in our meetings and activities. She has recommended other therapists when required, all of which helped enormously, with things like my balance, physio, memory, eyesight, speech, headaches. She is clearly an expert in patient assessment.
Kim has also been a rock during my communications with my workplace and has helped me through those tough times. She helped me gain the confidence to apply for voluntary positions and on into other work positions when I was released from my long-term employment. Kim made great recommendations along the way, and helped with interview techniques, CV, methods of finding vacancies, and intensive testing to make sure I was capable of the positions I was applying for. I have received the full package of treatment, and have been able, through her help, to get back, as close as possible, to where I was before my accident. I could not have expected any more. A great job, well done. Thank you Kim, I am extremely grateful
I have worked with Kim on a complex ABI client. I have been impressed with her creative and ‘can do’ approach to ensure the very best outcome for the clients she works with. They are lucky to have her as their OT.
Kim assessed my needs at home and at my work. She was quick to pick up on things that could cause problems for me and had many suggestions to make my life easier. One of my most useful possessions is my motorized triride wheelchair, it has made a world of difference in helping me get about. Kim researched it and came along with me to assess different options with the supplier. Knowing that I was an ex-motorcyclist she also thought to specify a twist grip throttle for it! Before occupational therapy I was pretty much housebound. Driving was difficult as my disabilities made a manual vehicle challenging. I could not sit at a desk to work for long without discomfort. Now I have a motorised wheelchair, an automatic car with a wheelchair hoist in the back, a height adjustable desk and customised chair, all things that have made my life much easier. Kim was very approachable and easy to talk to. She had lots of ideas and suggestions but was also ready to listen to my own
Kim from Everyday Living Therapy has been everything you would want in an occupational therapist.
I have found her to be friendly and professional at all times. Going above and beyond for the latest innovations to help my son.
She has helped my son develop and overcome obstacles or implemented things that we would never have thought about to help him in his everyday living and achieving his goal of being independent. Always at the end of a phone or E-mail when needing advice, nothing is ever too much trouble.
I highly recommend her!
Thanks to receiving help from the team at Everyday Living Therapy LTD I’m now back at work – working full time! My occupational therapist was very engaging, thorough, always on the case and on top of things, constant updates – very individualised/customised care.
Your care and attention has helped me unbelievably, I really don’t know where I would have been without you. Certainly not in such a good position that I am in now.