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Champion Cresent based at The Ridings Care Home has 11 beds and 9 beds for
working age dementia

Introduction
There is a current lack of specialist units able to provide support and rehabilitation for people with Korsakoffs syndrome and other alcohol related brain injuries. Many individuals who suffer from these conditions are placed in elderly care homes, despite the fact that many of them are under 55 years of age.

We at Dukeries feel that individuals with Korsakoffs syndrome and other related brain injuries can benefit from a care ethos of person centred planning, care delivery and also, rehabilitation.

Dukeries Healthcare has experience within the field of rehabilitative work with people with korsakoffs syndrome. The Champion Unit in Worksop was set up in May 2005. This has been a very successful venture, and we have already enabled one service user to return home with a support package from his local Social Services.

We believe that our successful approach is the only way forward to help those who would otherwise be deemed unable to return to a normal life.

Information about ARBI
Alcohol related brain injury (ARBI) is a term used to describe the physical injury to the brain sustained as a result of alcohol consumption. Having ARBI is not the same as having an intellectual disability, nor is it the same as having dementia.
ARBI is a term used to cover a broad spectrum of conditions. This includes alcohol related dementia, Korsakoffs syndrome, Wernicke's encephalopathy, alcohol related brain injury and alcohol amnesic syndrome.

The prevalence of alcohol related brain injury is thought to be increasing. This is presenting care managers, sufferers and their families with difficulties regarding how ARBI is managed and how people with ARBI are treated in the long term.
We wish to remind people that ARBI is not degenerative if abstinence from alcohol and good nutrition is maintained. Social functioning can be maximised through Champions philosophy of rehabilitative intervention although the outcome of recovery may vary.

Smith and Hillman (1999, Management of alcohol Korsakoffs syndrome. Advances in Psychiatric treatment 5, 271 - 278 ) state that recovery outcome can be split into quarters:
25% make a complete recovery
25% make a significant recovery
25% make a slight recovery
25% make no recovery

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