Support for Locked-in Syndrome Patients
InVent Health provide support for patients with Locked-in Syndrome who wish to live at home. Care needs are met whilst aiming to promote independence. We offer support and care packages at home including long term ventilation.
Our staff are highly trained staff with the use of specialised equipment including ventilators to ensure the best quality care and service. For further information please call us on 01698 352 734.
What is Locked-in Syndrome
Locked-in syndrome is a condition in which a patient is aware and awake but cannot move or communicate verbally due to complete paralysis of nearly all voluntary muscles in the body except for the eyes.
Locked-in syndrome usually results in quadriplegia and the inability to speak in otherwise cognitively intact individuals. Those with locked-in syndrome may be able to communicate with others through coded messages by blinking or moving their eyes, which are often not affected by the paralysis. The symptoms are similar to those of sleep paralysis. Patients who have locked-in syndrome are conscious and aware with no loss of cognitive function. They can sometimes retain proprioception and sensation throughout their body.
Some patients may have the ability to move certain facial muscles, most often some or all of the extraocular eye muscles. Individuals with locked-in syndrome lack coordination between breathing and voice. This restricts them from producing voluntary sounds, even though the vocal cords themselves are not paralysed.
Unlike persistent vegetative state, in which the upper portions of the brain are damaged and the lower portions are spared, locked-in syndrome is caused by damage to specific portions of the lower brain and brainstem with no damage to the upper brain.
Patient Welfare
Our primary concern is patient welfare. Because of our expertise we are employed to provide care to individuals on behalf of many organisations such as Primary Care Trusts, Health Boards, Social Services, Health Services Community Health Partnerships and Education Authorities.
Our staff are highly trained staff with the use of specialised equipment including ventilators to ensure the best quality care and service.
For further information please call us on 01698 352 734
