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Amitesh Narayan MPT/ NDT (Ped)/ MISCP Associate Professor KMC Mangalore
Definition: Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation is a process that assist people with disabilities to develop or strengthen their physical, mental and social skills. Rehabilitation is an intervention aimed at restoring functional abilities (Physical, cognitive and emotional).
Both should be able to join in the activities of their families and communities.
To achieve this, rehabilitation process requires various services and community action.
Rehabilitation Services
2- Types:a. Traditional rehabilitation services E.g. In-/Out-patient clinics, special institutions, hospitals. b. Community Rehabilitation Services It enlarges the concept of rehabilitation to include all the services that assist disabled people to develop their abilities.
Rehabilitation Services
2 types:a. Multi-disciplinary:- Health professionals from different disciplines involved in the same task and working alongside each other, but functioning independently. b. Inter-disciplinary:- Health professionals from different disciplines working independently in an integrated manner on the same task.
Have provision for special assessment, surgical interventions, qualified professionals, special equipments and skilled interventions.
Located in urban centers and financially expensive. Inaccessible to those living away from urban location.
Reference
1. Community based Rehabilitation and the Health care referral services: a guide for programme managers. Rehabilitation, WHO, 1994. 2. ILO, UNESCO, WHO (1994). The Joint Position PaperCommunity-Based Rehabilitation, CBR for and with People with Disabilities.
3. Jonsson, Ture (1994). OMAR in Rehabilitation, A Guide on Operations Monitoring and Analysis of Results.
4. Korpela, R. et al. (1993). "Rehabilitation Service Evaluation: a Follow-up of the Extent of Use of Technical Aids for Disabled Children". Disability and Rehabilitation, Vol 15, No. 3; 143- 150.