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Veteran with spinal cord injury first to receive Jaco arm
5 July 2021
A former Paratrooper, who was paralysed in an accident, has told how he can feed himself for the first time in 17 years after being given a Jaco robotic arm. Military veteran Jon Noble is only the second person in the UK to own a JACO assistive robotic arm, which is mounted on a power wheelchair, thanks to funding from military charities Support Our Paras, Blesma The Limbless Veterans, Help for Heroes, Royal British Legion and ABF The Soldiers Charity and case working and liaison support from SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity. The veteran was badly injured in a road traffic acci
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Caring for your stump: The essentials
4 July 2021
Maintaining a healthy stump is very important when it comes to making sure you stay mobile. Here’s how to take good care of yours. Wearing a prosthesis can have a profound effect on the health of a stump, its muscles, and its skin. It goes without saying that a comfortable and well-fitting socket is a preliminary requirement. In some cases, an interface is used between the stump and the lining of the socket to reduce friction. Keeping the skin clean and dry is the first rule of stump care. Wash your stump regularly with warm water using ordinary (non-perfumed)
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Virtual Veterans Pain Management Clinic
1 July 2021
Living with persistent pain can be very difficult, as it can affect all areas of your life. Would you like to attend a free veteran-specific pain management clinic to help you learn ways to manage your pain more effectively? Following very good feedback from its first-ever virtual Pain Management Programme (PMP), King Edwards VII’s Hospital is able to offer more. The face-to-face programme has twice been rated as ‘outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The virtual programme delivers the same content as the face-to-face version without the need to travel to or stay
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Member helps restore century-old memorial
29 June 2021
For the last six years, injured veteran Ben Cartwright was been on a mission to restore a 101-year-old war memorial in his Hampshire village. The memorial in Over Wallop honours those from the village who served in the World Wars and the conflict in Afghanistan. Among the names are those of 95 men who fought in WWI, 18 of whom were killed in action.“The memorial was erected in 1919, and though it had been cleaned over the years it was suffering from wear and damage,” said Ben, 75, who served in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
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