Interdisciplinary collaboration in the Rehabilitation process

Question 1

What is rehabilitation according to Wade?

Answer 1

A problem- solving process
Focused on activities
Aiming to optimize social participation

Rehabilitation is an educational, problem-solving process that focuses on activity limitations and aims to opimize patient social participation and well-being, and so reduce stress on carer/family.

Question 2

What are the goals of rehabilitation?

Answer 2

Optimize social participation of patient
- functionally and statuswise

Maximize well-being of patient

• somatic and emotional
• achieving satisfaction (adaptation to situation)

Minimize stress on and distress of relatives
- somatic and emotional

Question 3

Describe a rehabilitation process

A standard problemsolving process

Answer 3

Stage 1: Assesment
- Identify the problems faced by the person, and collect sufficient information to make progress.

Stage 2: Goal setting
- Set goals for the immediate future and also for the longer term.

Stage 3: Intervention

• Undertake the planned intervention
• Three types of intervention:
  
  • Continued data collection (which is really part of assessment)
  • Providing any support needed to maintain the patient’s well-being
  • Giving treatments which are actions that are intended to alter the natural history of the situation

Stage 4: Evaluation

• Evaluate the effects of the interventions against the goals set
• Have all resolvable problems have been treated

Question 4

Which axes should be used to describe a rehabilitation procedure?

Answer 4

Structure: What resources are needed or were used?

Process: What actions (activities) should be or were undertaken?

Outcome: What should be or was the goal of the process?

Question 5

How do we deliver an optimal rehabilitation?

Answer 5

There should be more focus on risk and harm because it is likely that educing risk and harm is an effective way of increasing benefits

Question 6

What are the challenges of Interdisciplinary collaboration in the rehabilitation process?

Answer 6

Coordination of the various professionnal interventions

Orientation toward the individualized person and everyday life perspective

Question 7

Explain the continuum of rehabilitation/ collaboration

Answer 7

• Being heard
  * Being in charge of the process
  * Being informed
  * Participation

Question 8

Explain coordination and coherence in relation to the rehabilitation process

Answer 8

Coherence is important between the different services provided

Coordination is a an important element in ensuring coherence

Coordination is necessary between sectors and between professionals