Centa Co extends its activities to neurorehabilitation

Centa Co is developing a unique model of neuro-rehabilitation by embedding structured cognitive and functional retraining within the rich, socially dynamic environment of a specialist day centre. Rather than delivering rehabilitation in isolation, our approach integrates targeted neuroplasticity-focused activities into meaningful, real-world contexts — alongside creative sessions, social interaction, vocational tasks, and daily living practice. This blended model creates repetition, engagement, and functional carryover in a way that traditional settings often cannot, offering a forward-thinking community-based approach that bridges structured rehabilitation with everyday life.

Centa Co is now starting to support a whole new group of individuals....those aged 18 to 70 who have suffered a traumatic brain injury or stroke. We do this not only during the sub-acute phase but in the chronic phase too. Activities include a VR device that our partner Reneural have supplied us but also adapted gaming and gym equipment.

Structured cognitive progress tracking is carried within a supportive rehabilitation environment though no medical diagnosis or assessment is made - we are progress tracking. 

The Centa Co Cognitive Progress Profile

At Centa Co, we are developing our own structured framework — the Centa Co Cognitive Progress Profile (CC-CPP) — to track meaningful cognitive progress over time. This semi-professional but non-medical tool allows us to monitor attention, memory, executive functioning and real-world task engagement in a supportive day-centre environment. Rather than focusing purely on test scores, the CC-CPP looks at how cognitive skills are applied within purposeful activity — from structured exercises to adapted gaming and VR-based repetition. By measuring progress at regular intervals, we are able to demonstrate growth in confidence, independence and cognitive stamina in a clear and reassuring way.

Why Centa Co Is Well Placed to Deliver Neuro-Rehabilitation: 

• Structured, goal-focused programmes – Each individual will have personalised, measurable rehabilitation goals targeting cognition, daily living skills, and functional independence.

• Led by postgraduate neuroscience expertise – Our service is informed by advanced study in applied neuroscience, ensuring interventions are grounded in current brain science.

• Innovative use of technology – We integrate immersive VR, cognitive training tools, and structured therapeutic activities to support neuroplasticity and skill recovery.

• Real-world functional focus – Sessions are designed to improve practical outcomes such as memory, executive functioning, communication, confidence, and everyday independence.

• Person-centred and ethically delivered – Delivered within Centa Co’s established safeguarding, governance, and quality assurance framework, prioritising safety, dignity, and measurable progress.

• Neuroplasticity and environment shaping recovery.

Rehabilitation is more than isolated exercises — it is shaped by the field around the individual. Within the dynamic, socially enriched environment of Centa Co, the atmosphere of encouragement, shared endeavour and purposeful activity supports repetition, engagement and the neurological changes that underpin recovery.

We're offering something quite unique for clients:

- Why not do their rehabilitation amongst others doing the same or similar thing in the rich environment of a day centre! 

- They could motivate each other, be supportive of each other. 

- It is known that motivation to do repetitions is strongly affected by mood. Individuals with depression often don't have the desire to do repetitions and hence recovery is negatively impacted. The day centre is a very lively rich environment which is likely to improve mood and motivation and therefore desire to do repetitions and therefore recovery and progress.

- Not just seeds but seeds and soil - recovery after stroke or traumatic brain injury is not just about equipment — it is about environment. At Centa Co, neuro-rehabilitation takes place within the rich, socially engaged setting of a day centre, creating fertile “soil” for motivation, repetition and meaningful progress. The energy, encouragement and shared purpose around each individual help nurture the sustained effort that drives neuroplastic change.

- Some speak about quantum energy that can be a self-in-putting cycle for progress whereby the energy fields and vibrations of people affect those around them, which can only be conducive to energy used for repetition and rehabilitation and therefore progress.

- They would also be able to share perspectives and possibly even have friendly competition between each other!

- We've done our research and have found out that there's a lack of spaces for people to do rehabilitation so we're doing it at Centa Co 

- Even the community activities day trips could be part of the rehabilitation, helping people get back to activities in the community

- Of course, Centa Co has a lot of experience successfully delivering services that can transform people's lives

Centa Co has started a partnership with NeuroX of London. They have already begun doing qEEG Brain Mapping sessions next to our day centre in Chatham They can analyse brainwave patterns and create a map of a client's brain, their detailed report being delivered two weeks later. Autism, ADHD, depression and anxiety can all be addressed and plans developed to address these. Dementia can be identified too. 

Centa Co is expanding its services into neurorehabilitation innovations (why not do your rehab with other people doing the same thing in the rich environment of a day centre!) and have entered into an exciting partnership with cutting edge neurotech company Reneural. 

We are most grateful to now have their NeuroVive VR headset and powerful software at our day centre. We are conducting a 6-month technology exploration pilot to assess how their immersive VR tool could benefit our clients (currently no treatment as such) gathering insights on its appeal and usefulness with there being three ways the VR tool will be used at our day centre:

1. Gaming, motor skills & physical therapy - e.g. fun!

2. Daily living skills development - e.g. practice preparing meals in a virtual kitchen! Great for those clients living under supported living!

3. Neurocognitive rehabilitation - e.g. tasks to improve attention and memory, especially for those who have suffered a brain injury. Awesome software analytics mean that performance analytics can be monitored in great detail.

Centa Co day centre is now providing neurocognitive interventions using VR 

You may have suffered a brain injury or you may have ADHD.. whatsoever the reason you can use our tool to improve your neurocognitive abilities in the following domains...

Attention - good for those with ADHD

Executive function 

Brain processing speed

Memory 

Planning

Organisational skills - good for those with ASD

Coordination 

Even daily living skills - good for those living in supported accommodation, he needs to improve their skills 

Social cognition - good for those on the autism spectrum

Outcome tracking presented in a way that we can explain 

So you can see how your cognitive scores improve