[Inter-Professional Communication Between Nursing Therapists and other Therapeutic Professions (Physio-, Occupation and Speech Therapy) in Neurological Early Rehabilitation].

Purpose: A comparison of inter-professional communication within the core therapeutic teams including nurses in 5 neurological early rehabilitation hospitals of one non-profit organization was supposed to indicate factors facilitating and impairing cooperation.

Methods: Data collection was conducted through analysis of architecture plans, passive participating observation in 10 wards and through partly standardized interviews (N=39). Participants were nurses, physio-, occupational and speech therapists.

[Poststroke care in Germany : Results of an online survey of inpatient and outpatient experts in southern Germany].

Background: To avoid long-term care after stroke and to promote occupational reintegration as well as to continue improving rehabilitation results, a good inpatient and outpatient care is necessary. More importantly a gapless transition into aftercare is required. The aim of this study was to gather expert opinions and experiences on the current care process during rehabilitation discharge and aftercare as well as to identify barriers and to discuss possible solutions.

Inter-professional communication and interaction in the neurological rehabilitation team: a literature review.

Neurological early rehabilitation aims at regaining cooperativity and acquiring rehabilitation capability with brain-injured patients, most of whom are transferred from Intensive Care Units, most of whom still require intensive care and suffer from disorders of consciousness. In neurological early rehabilitation, therapeutic nursing is an integral part of the therapeutic team. Other than the specialized therapists, nurses are present on the ward 24/7, which gives them a closer perspective on the patient.

Post-stroke care after medical rehabilitation in Germany: a systematic literature review of the current provision of stroke patients.

Background: Although Germany's acute care for stroke patients already has a good reputation, continuous follow-up care is still not widely available, a problem originating in the strict separation of inpatient and outpatient care. This gap in the German health care system does not just lead to patients' potential readmission to inpatient care and compromise the sustainability of what they have accomplished during medical rehabilitation; it also places a burden on caregivers.

Methods: To illustrate the current procedures on follow-up care of stroke patients in Germany, a systematic literature search was conducted to gather all available evidence.