Rehabilitation: an old concept in a new policy context

Author:
ROBINSON Janice
Journal article citation:
Managing Community Care, 6(3), June 1998, pp.103-106.
Publisher:
Pavilion

Discusses how inadequate opportunities for rehabilitation have resulted in a distorted system of care and public disquiet about the impact on vulnerable older people and their families. Investment in rehabilitation offers a way out of a vicious circle of increasing demands for care and escalating expenditure. Argues that the system of health and social care needs to be re-shaped to enable older people to regain the independence so often impaired after illness or injury. Health and local authorities face a daunting challenge, but suggests they will make progress if they follow the five-point plan in this article.

Subject terms:
independence, older people, physical disabilities, rehabilitation, community care;
ISSN print:
1461-5436

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