The Priory Highbank Centre - Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Lynne House Children's Continuing Care Unit
Lynne House Children's Continuing Care Unit has provided skilled interdisciplinary support for children with acquired brain injuries and complex neurological impairment and their families since 1995.
Lynne House is a well established nurse-led children's continuing care unit, providing skilled nursing care for young people aged 1 to 17 with complex neurological conditions, for example acquired brain injury. The team are efficient at managing tracheostomy care and long-term mechanical ventilation.
What we treat
- Tracheostomy
- Challenging behaviours
- Postural management
- Dysphagia management
- Low awareness management including SMART® assessment
- Spasticity management
Treatment and care programmes
The nursing team at Lynne House provides individualised nursing care plans in a residential setting, supported by the medical and therapy team. Six monthly review meetings are held to ensure appropriate care packages are maintained.
Care includes:
- Bladder and bowel management
- Complex medication regimes
- Enteral feeding
- Epilepsy monitoring
- Long-term mechanical ventilation
- Management of spasticity
- Managing tracheostomy care
- Posture management
- Skin integrity
Family centred philosophy
Family involvement is encouraged from admission. Family and friends are free to visit at any time; if families live far away children are helped to write to their loved ones. Home visits are also encouraged. The site offers short-term accommodation to families to aid visiting
School
Many of the children are integrated into local schools with programmes tailored to meet their individual needs. In addition our neuro-therapy team works closely with the schools to incorporate the national curriculum into activities on the unit.
Social and recreational activities
These activities play a very important role in the child's health and well being and include:
- Trips to the cinema
- Hair and beauty
- Massage
- Video nights
- Trips to the shops
- Days out eg Chester zoo, Blackpool
- Arts and crafts
- Cooking
- Gardening
- Music
- Educational toys
- Sensory stimulation
Interdisciplinary team
Our specialist children's team includes:
- Consultant paediatric intensivist
- Community paediatrician
- GP
- Paediatric nurses
- Rehabilitation assistants
- Social workers
- Speech and language therapists
- Physiotherapists
- Occupational therapists
- Clinical neuro-psychologists
- Social and recreational facilitators
- Dietitian
- Specialist caterers
Facilities
Our general facilities include:
- Five personalised continuing care beds
- Adapted, well-equipped shower/bathroom
- Activities lounge
- Enclosed patio area