• ia aims to help anyone who has had, or is about to have, their colon removed to return to a fully active and normal life as soon as possible
• ia aims to help them with all aspects of their rehabilitation including social activities, and relationships with their families, friends, employers, colleagues and members of the general public
• ia aims to work in close co-operation with the medical authorities as part of a team whose primary aim is the complete rehabilitation of every ileostomy or pouch patient
• ia aims to promote and co-ordinate research - not only into ways of improving the quality of life with an ileostomy or pouch, but also into the illnesses which lead to these operations
• ia aims to improve knowledge about the management of ileostomies or pouches and encourage development of new ostomy equipment and skin-care preparation

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