Medical rehabilitation is developing rapidly in Israel and around the world due to the aging of the population, improvement of results of medical care, and growing awareness of the importance of rehabilitation medicine. An option of comprehensive community rehabilitation treatment is also developing quickly, both in the model of replacing hospitalization and as a professional treatment after early discharge from an inpatient program. Rehabilitation in the community has many benefits, including financial, high patient satisfaction, and in some cases even more successful results of rehabilitation. The key to successful community rehabilitation lies in team cooperation and synchronization and in transferring the weight of rehabilitation from the inpatient department to rehabilitation in the community by the rehabilitation doctor as a team manager and the multi-disciplinary team. A 2018 Ministry of Health document defines home rehabilitation as "An orderly, multi-professional and vigorous program, intended for all ages, to achieve goals in rehabilitation according to a functional assessment and a rehabilitation plan, in the patient's home." In writing this article we defined two main goals. The first is to review current data, which can be found in the scientific literature on community rehabilitation. The second goal was to define the principles and systems of community rehabilitation, relevant to the State of Israel.
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Scand J Occup Ther
January 2025
Department of Health Sciences, Mental Health, Activity and Participation (MAP), Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Background: Existing research has shown that those ageing with severe mental illness face significant challenges in daily life. Attendance at community-based day centres (DCs) is offered to support daily structure and break isolation. However, little is known about the experiences of those receiving this type of support while transitioning into retirement age.
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December 2024
Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Purpose: To explore the experiences of long-term sick-listed employees and those of employers with communication and collaboration during sick leave and the return-to-work (RTW) process.
Methods: Previously long-term sick-listed employees ( = 9) and employers ( = 9) were interviewed about their experiences with communication and collaboration during sick leave and RTW. Thematic analysis, utilizing patient journey mapping was applied to analyze and map out their experiences.
Disabil Rehabil
December 2024
Discipline of Physiotherapy, Graduate School of Health, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, Australia.
Introduction: Electrical stimulation (E-stim) can reduce the impact of complications, like spasticity, bladder dysfunction in people with spinal cord injuries (SCIs), enhancing quality of life and health outcomes. With SCI prevalence high in regional Australia and a shift towards home-based community integrated care, the perspectives of people with SCI and healthcare professionals on current and future use of E-stim home-devices are needed.
Methods: A mixed-methods concurrent triangulation approach was used.
Sci Data
December 2024
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, Raleigh, 27695, USA.
The role of the human ankle joint in activities of daily living, including walking, maintaining balance, and participating in sports, is of paramount importance. Ankle joint dorsiflexion and plantarflexion functionalities mainly account for ground clearance and propulsion power generation during locomotion tasks, where those functionalities are driven by the contraction of ankle joint skeleton muscles. Studies of corresponding muscle contractility during ankle dynamic functions will facilitate us to better understand the joint torque/power generation mechanism, better diagnose potential muscular disorders on the ankle joint, or better develop wearable assistive/rehabilitative robotic devices that assist in community ambulation.
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December 2024
Research Centre for Hauora and Health, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand.
Chronic or persistent non-cancer pain disproportionately affects Māori - the Indigenous population of Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) and their whānau (extended family). In a previous study with a Māori community service provider - Tū Kotahi Māori Asthma and Research Trust - Tū Kotahi, identified a need for a Kaupapa Māori (by Māori, for Māori) pain management programme (PMP) with embedded principles of Whānau Ora (care focusing on the wellbeing of the individual and their significant others as a collective). Using a qualitative case-study design, the main aims were to describe (1) the implementation of a community-based, whānau-focused PMP; (2) the participant experiences of the programme.
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