"The Lady Cox Rehabilitation Center" NGO

As a result of the Artsakh war, the number of wounded and disabled people in Artsakh increased. Despite the dire need, there was no rehabilitation center that would have an appropriate treatment program to treat people with disabilities. Our History The Rehabilitation Center was initiated by Baroness Caroline Cox, who, as a former nurse, clearly understood its need. In September 1998, Baroness Caroline Cox, Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom, officially opened the Rehabilitation Center. In March 1999, Vardan Tadevosyan, a rehabilitation therapist and lecturer, moved to Artsakh at the invitation of Caroline Cox, becoming the founding director of the center. Since May, training courses have been organized for 12 nurses with a one-year program. In 2000, the Rehabilitation Center launched a treatment program for outpatients and inpatients. In 2002, The rehabilitation center operates within the system of the Ministry of Health of the NKR. Initially, the center was called <>, and on September 12, 2005 it was renamed after Caroline Cox. Our mission is to provide rehabilitation treatment to people with disabilities and integrate them into society, as well as to promote their independence and self-reliance. The rehabilitation center attaches great importance to organizing various events for people with physical and mental problems, aiming to strengthen their connection with society and peers, adapt to the social environment and improve the quality of life. We are trying to develop disabled sports in Artsakh. The involvement of disabled people in sports has its own place. Young people with disabilities treated at the rehabilitation center are involved in various sports and actively participate in sports events organized in the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Artsakh. The center provides the following services: rehabilitation doctor consultation, physical therapy, occupational therapy, Bobath-neurodevelopmental therapy, psychologist and speech therapist services, hydrotherapy, sports, information technology and art courses. The center provides outpatient, inpatient and day hospital treatment to those receiving treatment. Since its establishment, the rehabilitation center has had a home visit department, which serves more than 200 people with severe limitations to continue appropriate treatment at home and receive our support. The center has trained specialists in Hadrut, Martuni and Martakert regions, whose mission is to conduct physical occupational therapy in the hospitals of the mentioned regions. OUR WORK From 2000 to 2020 inclusive, the center organized 80,630 outpatient and 4,037 inpatient treatment, and made 38,700 home visits. The speech therapist provided his services to the patients 30,863 times, and the psychologist 40,203 times. From 2006 to 2020, hydrotherapy services were used 21,853 times. The rehabilitation center has an educational department, where relevant specialists are trained and retrained, both to fill the ranks of the center's staff and for hospitals in different regions of the Republic of Armenia. The center attaches great importance to continuing education, during which specialists are invited from the Republic of Armenia and various foreign countries to conduct lectures and exchange experiences. Since July 2006, a therapeutic swimming pool (hydrotherapy) has been opened in the center. On June 1, 2007, a children's health center was opened in the rehabilitation center, where children aged two to seven with mental and physical disabilities attend and receive treatment. In 2017 On May 2, a day care and treatment center began operating adjacent to the rehabilitation center, with the goal of improving the quality of life of children diagnosed with autism. More than 60 children receive treatment at the center annually.