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Rehabilitation (neuropsychology), therapy to regain or improve neurocognitive function that has been lost or diminished; Rehabilitation hospital, hospitals devoted to the rehabilitation of patients with various medical conditions; Drug rehabilitation, medical or psychotherapeutic treatment for dependency on substances such as alcohol and drugs
Vocational rehabilitation has been in practice in the UK since the early 1900s. [32] However, initially it was simply seen as a measure taken after the individual had received the necessary medical treatment. [4] In 1946, the ‘Egham Industrial Rehabilitation Centre in Surry’ became open for public use, following the Second World War. [33]
Physical medicine and rehabilitation encompasses a variety of clinical settings and patient populations. [citation needed]In hospital settings, physiatrists commonly treat patients who have had an amputation, spinal cord injury, stroke, traumatic brain injury, and other debilitating injuries or conditions.
Rehabilitation of sensory and cognitive function typically involves methods for retraining neural pathways or training new neural pathways to regain or improve neurocognitive functioning that have been diminished by disease or trauma. The main objective outcome for rehabilitation is to assist in regaining physical abilities and improving ...
Rehabilitation hospitals were created to meet a perceived need for facilities which were less costly on a per diem basis than general hospitals but which provided a higher level of professional therapies such as speech therapy, occupational therapy, and physical therapy than can be obtained in a "skilled nursing care" facility.
Neurorehabilitation is a team work. The specialists who participate include: physiatrist or rehabilitation medicine specialist, neurologist, neurosurgeon, other medical specialists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, respiratory therapists, prothetist and orthotist, rehabilitation nurse, psychologists, and vocational counselor.
Geriatric rehabilitation also have a role in intermediate care, where patients are referred by a hospital or family doctor, when there is a requirement to provide hospital based short term intensive physical therapy aimed at the recovery of musculoskeletal function, particularly recovery from joint, tendon, or ligament repair and, or, physical ...
Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Long title: An Act to replace the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, to extend and revise the authorization of grants to States for vocational rehabilitation services, with special emphasis on services to those with the most severe disabilities, to expand special Federal responsibilities and research and training programs with respect to individuals with disabilities ...