Rehabilitation Clinical Observation Paper

Rehabilitation Clinical Observation According to Hinkle and Cheever (2014), rehabilitation is a goal- oriented process that enables people with acute or chronic disorders, including those with physical, mental, or emotional disabilities or impairments, activity limitations and participation restrictions. (p.153) Early, intensive therapies are required for the patient to achieve optimal recovery. Majority of the clients attending a rehabilitation facility are those with stroke, brain injury, neurological disorders, amputation and major multiple traumas. Rather than focusing on disabilities, encouraging the patient abilities can help achieve the confidence needed to reach the patients maximum level of function, independently.
Roles of the Occupational Therapist, Speech-Language Therapist, and Physical Therapist
The patients seen in the rehabilitation setting have suffered and/or recovering from a major illness or injury that carried the threat of disability impairment. This disabling impairment could involve a loss of function or an abnormality in body structure or function. With that being said, assisting the patient to attain and maintain optimum health …show more content…
For recovery these patients require early, intensive therapies. A goal of rehabilitation therapy is for the patient to achieve the confidence needed to achieve the patients maximum level of function. In order to achieve this goal, the health care team collaborates within each other and establishes a plan of care that encourages the patients' abilities rather than disabilities. All members of the health care team are important aspects, this includes physical, occupational and speech therapists, nurses, physicians and social workers. With each team members input and specialties a patient can learn and modify their life according to their impairments