Jon’s storyWe began supporting Jon at Cedar Road, one of our specialist brain injury rehabilitation services in Dudley, 9 years ago following a brain injury.

Jon described his journey as ‘playing a game of snakes and ladders’. Hard work would be put in and achievements would be made resulting in him ‘climbing the ladder’. He would then ‘hit a blip’, which is common after a brain injury, and take a short slide back before climbing on that ladder again.

Jon’s biggest personal achievement was when he was able to become fully independent physically. Staff were delighted that Jon was physically improving, however they soon recognised that his challenging behaviour and heightened emotions were hindering his discharge. Work commenced with a cognitive behavioural therapist, which Jon refers to as “fun, enlightening and rewarding”, and improvements gradually followed.

Jon managed to climb up to the top of the ‘ladder’ at Cedar Road in December 2017. Jon says his move to his own flat has been fabulous and has hugely increased his confidence. Although Jon now lives by himself and is thriving, he is happy that he still receives some support by Voyage Care whilst he works towards full independence. The next step for Jon is to attend college classes, find a job and make new friends.

“It is wonderful to see the progress and achievements of the people we support. I received an invitation from Jon to visit him in his new home and took him up on his kind offer. It was really lovely to see how well he is doing.

Janette Walker, Operations Manager”

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