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Hydrotherapy or even local pools to our area
my daughter desperately needs to access a hydrotherapy pool or even a local pool with changing facilities,i,e, hoisting and adult size changing table. it would be good if it were NHS or we would consider private. We live in the borders of london and kent.
if any of you know of somewhere we could take her for this facility, we would be so very grateful. many thanks. x
if any of you know of somewhere we could take her for this facility, we would be so very grateful. many thanks. x
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Good Morning & Welcome to our online community/family.
I am one of a team of Community Champion’s here at Scope.
Here’s some info from within a site below for you.
https://www.scope.org.uk/advice-and-support/hydrotherapy/
Please please let me know if there’s anything else that I can help/support you with?????
@steve51
In the rare moments, if ever, they think about the existence of disability , they assume it is "something the n.h.s. deals with".
-(See the leaflet, where the daily exercise every human body needs, can be sorted by 5 or 6 half hour sessions. Which would be an excellent lifelong health maintenance plan, but only provided you are planning to live 5 or 6 days! !!)
We suggest reversing the assumption. The priority for exercise is those in greatest need, not those with greatest greed. Ignore elite sports, ignore football, ignore perfectly fit healthy strong young able bodied people. What exercise is provided for the most needy? Presumably those confined to their beds or houses are getting daily visits and/or online Skype supervised exercise sessions with a specialist exercise therapist, monitored by regular checks from a dedicated physiotherapist?
After that is amply funded, there are, of course, hydrotherapy and UNfit centres, where anyone who could attend a commercial gym is banned, because these are specialist staffed and specialist equipped places where, of course, n.h.s. ensures both daily transport and staff supervision? These are generously provided so nobody needs go without daily exercise. Any crumbs of funding and grants can go to those who need other forms of assistance such as transport and supportive company, to go to walk or wheel in natural wildlife. For the great numbers of people whose problems include obesity or alcohol, a calories and alcohol units tax will be set at the level needed to reimburse the n.h.s for one to one assistance with diet and exercise. That isn't logically more ridiculous than what happens now, where selling people ways to be obese is good for g.d.p., so is selling annual gym membership to people who never attend, but nobody in power thinks of, or funds disabled people, of old people, or of carers.
That is why Sir Trevor spoke up. He was in a position to state that racism is not the worst discrimination, in its effect on people's lives. He was willing to suggest that racism is not the only discrimination which merits any attention, and should not be regarded as more equal than others, no matter how loud the clamour. He had noticed that amid all the noise,nobody at all bothered to battle Disablism.
We can't assume we know better than him, and that he shouldn't be permitted to say anything is worse than racism. He was chair of Equalities at the time, and he himself is very dark skinned, being of African heritage .
Hydrotherapy sessions are available on the NHS, and most hospitals have access to hydrotherapy pools. Any member of the healthcare team should be able to refer you to an NHS physiotherapist if they think you might benefit from hydrotherapy. In some parts of the UK, you can also refer yourself to a physiotherapist, who’ll assess whether hydrotherapy would be suitable for you. Check with your GP or call your local rheumatology department to find out if an NHS physiotherapist in your area will accept self-referrals.
You can also choose to use private healthcare, but it’s important to be aware that in rare instances private hydrotherapy may be unregulated, and so the quality of the changing areas, the water or general environment can vary enormously. Check before your treatment starts that you’re happy with the facility. A qualified physiotherapist will be registered with the Health Professionals Council (HPC), and it’s recommended that you see someone who’s a member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (CSP) and who’s accredited by the Aquatic Therapy of Chartered Physiotherapists (ATACP).
I hope that helps?
Specialist Information Officer - Cerebral Palsy
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