Author: ABI Rehabilitation Services

This week is National Aotearoa Psychology Week, and we would like to take the opportunity to acknowledge and thank all of ABI Rehab’s psychologists for the incredible mahi you do for ABI across the motu.  Assessments, interventions, therapy, behaviour support, risk management, supporting the rest of the rehabilitation team, we are so grateful. Psychology has such… Continue reading National Aotearoa Psychology Week 2022

International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every May 12th, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birthday. Today we focus on ABI’s nurses and in particular profile ABI’s Brain Injury Nurse Specialists. All of ABI’s nurses play an integral part of ABI’s leadership and rehabilitation service delivery. ABI has a team of almost 50 nurses who… Continue reading International Nurses Day May  12th 2022

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. In New Zealand there are approximately 32,000 traumatic brain injuries (TBI) per year (based on reported ACC claims). About 2,000 of the 32,000 TBI’s are in the moderate to severe range. Many of those that have a brain injury of this severity will have some long term, possibly lifelong impairments.… Continue reading Brain Injury Awareness Month – Moderate and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

ABI has a large community services team in Auckland and recently made the shift across central Auckland from Grafton to Epsom. The team had been at Grafton, across the road from Auckland Hospital for over 10 years but due to growth in the team and the number of services on offer, a new site was… Continue reading ABI Community Services team shifts from Grafton to Epsom 

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. In New Zealand there are approximately 32,000 traumatic brain injuries (TBI) per year (based on reported ACC claims). ABI is a specialist brain injury rehabilitation provider.  Not only are we committed to providing best practice rehabilitation interventions, but it is important for us to be involved in raising awareness of… Continue reading Brain Injury Awareness Month

Please remember to check out, share and consider bidding on the art auctions listed on TradeMe. You can click on this link here Listings from arht1970 | Trade Me  The auctions close on Sunday evening.  There are beautiful large scale paintings of Muriwai Beach, Waihi Beach, Mt Taranaki, Rogers Boat on Onetangi Beach and Lake… Continue reading Art Auctions for ABI Rehab and Auckland Rescue Helicopter

Aaron Hanson was an Auckland ABI Intensive client following a motorcycle vs 4WD injury in July 2020. Aaron continues to receive some rehabilitation from ABI’s community service, but he has made an incredible recovery from a severe TBI. His father, Phil, is an accomplished artist, a self-taught painter and has donated 5 paintings from scenes around New… Continue reading The Hanson family say thanks to ABI Rehab and Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust

New year, new opportunities. Start 2022 by joining ABI! ABI is a leading provider of multidisciplinary neuro-rehabilitation in New Zealand. We are the only organisation in New Zealand to have CARF accreditation. We are looking for highly talented, skilled, passionate people to join us. If you are a health professional we have many clinical roles… Continue reading Are you looking to take your next step in your career?

Thank you to our incredible team, our clients and whānau, partners, friends and supporters for working with us this year in what has been a challenging year!   To those of you who worked with us this year, it has been a privilege and we look forward to connecting with you again in the New… Continue reading Meri kirihimete from the ABI team to you and your whānau

Does your child have unclear or delayed speech? Are you seeking an experienced speech-language therapist? With the lockdowns and disruptions to school routines, you may have become more aware of your child’s speech therapy needs and as a result, you are looking for a professional speech-language therapist. ABI Speech Therapy for Children offers speech-language therapy… Continue reading Speech Therapy for Children in Auckland