It is defined as restoring a person to their full physical, mental, social, vocational, and economic usefulness (American rehabilitation counselling).
According to WHO-
Rehabilitation of people with disabilities is a process that enables them to maintain open physical, sensory, intellectual, physiologically, and social site-level Rehabilitation provides disabled people with the tools they need to achieve independence and self-determination.
Rehabilitation as teamwork-
Different approaches to team formation
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Multidisciplinary
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Interdisciplinary
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Transdisciplinary
1. Multidisciplinary-
Multiple professionals may be directly or indirectly involved with the client and family but do not necessarily confirm concern or interact with each other. They do treatment without any relation or minimal connection. They do work side by side. Each discipline has clearly defined roles with specified duty in the statement, goal, assessment are different.
2. Interdisciplinary-
Each professional interacts with the client but the goal making process is called Bradley evaluation and treatment process or done separately. It is more coordinated than multidisciplinary. The entire team is accountable; there is rule sharing, and it is willing to gain knowledge and take on responsibilities.
3. Transdisciplinary-
Various disciplines interact as a team but a member is usually designated to provide a directly concerned intervention with other team members who act as consultants. There is a process of sharing and exchange of certain roles and responsibilities among team members and there is commitment and willingness to cross traditional discipline boundaries.
There are three types of team-
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Medical team – physio session, other specialists
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educational team – special school, integrated school,
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community team – speech therapist, social workers, counsellors, community leaders, spiritual leaders, volunteers, social workers and also an Occupational Therapist, Physical therapist in the team).
Professionals in the Rehabilitation team and their goals –
Patients and family members or the important members of the team. Other professionals are physicians or any specialist, nurse, physiotherapist, occupational therapy, speech therapist, social worker, psychologist, motivational counsellor, technician, special educators.
Roles –
A physician or other specialist –
The source of referral is they will refer the case to other professionals.
They are the source of medical information regarding the patient’s stability, as well as whether or not the patient is able to exercise.
The part of entry into the medical system.
Considered as a primary care professional.
Nurse-
Mainly as a caretaker.
She delivers all the services to the patient.
Sometimes, nurses are also the source of referral to professionals.
She carries out an occupational therapy program inwards.
Physiotherapist –
To provide patients with exercise & physical remediation.
A physiotherapist works physically and an occupational therapist works physically as well as mentally.
Occupational therapist-
To make the patient functionally independent.
They also provide assistive devices, splints, mobility aids (wheelchair, crutches, canes)
Speech therapist-
To provide speech therapy to patients who have delayed speech.
They also provide hearing aids.
