About AKA Case Management

It was inevitable that AKA Case Management would come into being, the natural outcome of its founder Angela Kerr, born out of her life experience, drive, passion and love of people.

How it all began

As a child of six I was familiar with mood disorders and challenging behaviours. My mother's friend had a daughter Janet born with hydrocephalus (water on the brain) which caused her to experience learning difficulties and associated behaviours that were both taxing and difficult.

I found I had an uncanny ability to understand Janet and was never fazed by her moods always finding a way to reach her and calm her down. Janet's brother would disown her so I would make a conscious effort to play with her for hours when they visited.

Little was I to realise that this would be the start of my epic journey into the world of brain injuries and the business I run today.

What next

Having worked as a volunteer in hospital and an auxiliary nurse on nights I trained to become a general nurse in 1987. After consolidating my training I specialised in neuromedicine and neurosurgery. My career from that point on was devoted to brain injured people.

In 1992 I helped set up the Nottingham Traumatic Brain Injury Service (NTBS) within the NHS and spent four and a half years developing acute hospital, in- patient rehabilitation and community based programs specifically for brain injured patients.

I then worked a further four years with The Brain injury Rehabilitation Trust (BIRT) as Out Reach services manager. Here I learnt all about neuro-cognitive rehabilitation, presenting expert evidence and writing medico - legal reports.

From BIRT I partnered with Frenkel Topping to set up Mainstay Life Services. This took me into the world of forensic accountancy and investing money for the long term.

Where I am now

It was at this point that I felt I had enough qualifications, experience and know-how to develop my own practice, and in 2002 AKA Case Management Ltd was born.

From there on in the company has grown quickly by the recruitment of like minded people. As a team we all work together to support the company philosophy and ethos of putting the meaning back into the lives of brain injured individuals.