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Life Education
Ebook
Finding Placement
Post acute care facilities:
● Find the right facilities- Multidisciplinary team care
○ Medical
○ Nursing
○ Therapy: occupational therapy, physiotherapy,
speech-language therapy
● Rehabilitation hospital
● Step down facilities
● Skilled nursing
Rehabilitation medicine:
● Rehabilitation medicine is evidence-based,
outcomes-driven and provides holistic, quality care
in a cost effective environment during the recovery
period.
● It is an integral component of the continuum of care
and maximizes restoration of function and
independence after an acute episode.
● It is especially crucial for stroke and other
neurological conditions, post trauma or surgery,
managing chronic pain or disabilities, and many
others.
