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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

This week is World Occupational Therapy week. The theme for the week is Celebrating Excellence – Hei Whakanui i te Rawe. Occupational Therapists make up the largest proportion of allied health clinicians at ABI (about 60 of them at the moment) and are extremely valued members of the rehabilitation, clinical and leadership teams. ABI has… Continue reading Occupational Therapy for children

ABI is delighted to finally have an office space in Whangārei – a base for our Northland clinicians to call home.  ABI has had clinicians in Northland working from their home bases for over 12 years and the team are very excited to have a place to come to work and meet clients, whānau and… Continue reading ABI has a home in Northland

Celebrating our Cleaners and Chefs Wednesday this week was both Thank your Cleaners and International Chef’s Day so a great opportunity for us to celebrate incredibly important members of the ABI team.   Cleaners are vital in our organisation and we thank our team in Auckland and Wellington that keep our ABI sites clean, hygienic… Continue reading Thank your Cleaners and International Chef’s Day 20th October

The 14th October was International Allied Health Professionals Day.  Allied health clinicians make up a significant part of ABI’s workforce, working tirelessly across all ABI settings, Intensive Inpatient Rehab, Community Services and Residential Disability Support.  At ABI we are incredibly lucky to have a large number of allied health clinicians working across 6 professions all… Continue reading Happy National Allied Health Professionals Day

ABI has partnered with Auckland University of Technology to explore experiences of rehabilitation following mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) or Concussion to help develop options for delivering rehabilitation via remote technologies (also known as telehealth, tele-rehabilitation, zoom, teams).  Due to COVID-19 health and rehabilitation services in New Zealand and internationally has had to quickly adjust… Continue reading Co designing tele-rehabilitation for people with Concussion

Last week was Speech Language Therapy Awareness Week 2021.  ABI has a large team of very skilled SLT’s working across the three different services ABI has across Aotearoa – Intensive, Community and Residential Disability Services. The SLT’s have a wide range of experience and skills and special interests in cognitive communication disorders, paediatrics, swallowing, voice, social… Continue reading Speech Language Therapy Awareness Week 2021