Epilepsy

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All our team members receive a five-day, in-depth, classroom-based training syllabus with practical workshops before being introduced to our clients.

The training covers all aspects of the Care Certificate and includes detailed instruction on the skills required to support complex client needs, such as tracheostomy management and gastrostomy.

Individual, client-focused training continues after the initial classroom induction.

All care team members who support a client with epilepsy have comprehensive Epilepsy with Rescue Medication Administration Training.

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Epilepsy is a neurological and physical condition that affects both the body and the brain. It is not just one condition, but a group of many different ‘epilepsies’ and can present in different ways. Generally, all people living with epilepsy have seizures that start in the brain.

Some people may become unconscious during their seizures. Seizures can range from absent to full tonic-clonic (all limbs jerking), lasting anything from a few seconds up to prolonged periods of time (status epilepticus).

• Epilepsy is usually only diagnosed after a person has had more than one seizure. Not all seizures are due to epilepsy. Other conditions that can look like epilepsy include fainting, and very low blood sugar in some people being treated for diabetes.
• Anyone can develop epilepsy, at any time of life.
• Epilepsy is most commonly diagnosed in children and in people over 65.
• The causes of different epilepsies can be complex and sometimes hard to identify, but may include a genetic tendency, a structural change in the brain, or a combination of both.
• Most seizures happen suddenly without warning, last a short time (a few seconds or minutes) and stop by themselves.
• Some people have seizures when they are awake, called ‘awake seizures’. Some people have seizures while they are asleep, called ‘asleep seizures’ (or ‘nocturnal seizures’). The names ‘awake’ and ‘asleep’ do not explain the type of seizure, only when the seizure happens.

(Source: Epilepsy Society)

• One in 20 people will have a one-off epileptic seizure at some point in their life (although this does not necessarily mean that they have epilepsy).
• One in 50 people will have epilepsy at some time in their life (but not everyone with epilepsy will have it for life).
• Around 87 people are diagnosed with epilepsy every day.
• Over 500,000 people in the UK have epilepsy. That’s about one in every 100 people. There are around 60 million people with epilepsy in the world.
• Only up to 3% of people with epilepsy will be affected by flashing lights (called photosensitive epilepsy), so most people with epilepsy do not have seizures triggered by flashing lights.

(Source: Epilepsy Society)

• Epilepsy Society: https://www.epilepsysociety.org.uk/
• NHS: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/what-to-do-if-someone-has-a-seizure-fit/
• Carers UK: https://www.carersuk.org/