The Spinal Cord Injury Association have launched a Counselling Service

This free service provides support to SCI people and members of their family with any issues affecting their mental health and well-being. These could be directly related to the current situation or more generally to aspects such as relationship difficulties, issues around SCI or other things that you don’t feel able to talk through with your family or friends.

Paragon Home Healthcare provides specialist live-in care and assistance to people who have sustained a spinal cord injury at any point throughout life.

The impact of a spinal cord injury can be life-changing and we believe that everyone should have the opportunity to live with independence and fulfilment in their own homes and with access to high-quality specialist assistance or care.

The newly announced UK points-based system post-brexit sets the scene for the current Health and Social Care crisis to worsen.

Live-in care or care work itself is not as highly valued in society as it should be. Caring is a vocation which requires a special type of person with the unique skill set to build the trust needed and provide the care support required

Under the points-based system, all migrants including EU citizens will require permission in advance to come to the UK to work which will be assessed according to the points-based system. At present, Health and Social Care is not included in the Migration Advisory Committee’s (MAC) shortage occupation list for ‘Skilled workers’.

Carers are extremely highly trained and skilled and look after clients who are incredibly vulnerable and in need.

Some clients have had life-changing injuries and are paralysed, requiring highly-skilled care from their carers. Some have complex and advanced Dementia and require support for every aspect of their lives from their carers