Combat Stress Ex-Services Mental Welfare Society
Welfare and Treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
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The Society has three homes serving veterans who come from all over the United Kingdom and Eire for periods of admission usually of two to three weeks at a time.
Tyrwhitt House in Leatherhead has 30 bedrooms. Facilities have been specially built to provide for those who are physically disabled.
Hollybush House at Hollybush by Ayr is a 25 bedroom home. An occupational therapy unit is also available here and there are four 2 bed units available, to allow patients to be accompanied by a carer.
Audley Court at Newport in Shropshire, has 27 bedrooms, 22 of which are located on the ground floor. The other five rooms are on the first floor, four of which are twin-bedded.
The Importance of Our Treatment Centres
In many instances, veterans will be admitted for periods of treatment at one of our three homes.
Here, in comfortable and comforting surroundings, veterans mix with those whose own experiences are often very similar to their own.
There is an immediate sense of belonging, of being among friends. Because the fact is that Service life creates a bond among those who've been through it that is unique outside the immediate family. The staff too, will have developed a huge respect and a deep understanding of the ethos of duty, service and sacrifice which makes the Service person so different from his civilian counterpart and which is so important to the manner in which our veterans are cared for.
In such an environment, veterans feel reassured and relaxed which, in turn, provides ideal conditions in which treatment can be carried out. At all three homes, treatment and care is administered by highly trained and qualified nursing staff who have a special knowledge of PTSD and related conditions. Each home is fully supported by visiting consultants. Our treatment centres provide a range of remedial therapies.