... suggests the importance of understanding and screening for hypothalamic pituitary dysfunction as hormone replacement therapy may be a beneficial intervention to promote physical and cognitive rehabilitation. Dr Emily R. Rosario can be contacted at: erosario@casacolina.org Cognitive deficits tend...

...Louisa Ng; Fary Khan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine if issues relevant to multidisciplinary rehabilitation care from the perspective of the patient and caregiver can be addressed utilising the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) framework...

...Anne Louise Conneeley Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the transition to community life, in relation to vocational goals and aspirations, for 18 people with traumatic brain injury following the discharge from a neurological rehabilitation hospital. Design/methodology/approach...

..., but the efficacy of such prompting in tasks with procedural and motivational elements remains unexamined. Such tasks, such as getting out of bed in the morning and engaging in personal care, are often the focus of rehabilitation goals. Design/methodology/approach A single‐n study with a male (age 61) who had...

... to the neuro‐behavioural unit for rehabilitation. Design/methodology/approach The joint work commenced due to a realisation that this particular patient responded well to sensory input and the music and occupational therapist wanted to offer the opportunity to explore this intervention further within...

...Mark Holloway Purpose Brain injury rehabilitation is often complicated or confounded by difficulties with engaging the injured party with the services and input required. Lack of awareness of cognitive and executive impairments is often implicated in this difficulty. Any technique or approach...

...Rob Poppleton; Lynne Turner‐Stokes; Rohit Dhillon; Katie Schoewenaars Purpose This article aims to cover the experience of working with the new framework/criteria for specialist neuro‐rehabilitation services to meet the needs of patients with rare or complex conditions to achieve eligibility...

...”, “Person‐centeredness” and “Coherence”. Inconsistencies were identified in approaches to risk assessment and management. Participants also reported particular beneficial approaches, such as multi‐disciplinary discussions, and using assessments to guide rehabilitation. Research limitations/implications...

...Deirdre Healy Purpose This paper aims to consider the advantages to using the Rehabilition Code within personal injury litigation. Design/methodology/approach The paper is designed to take the reader through the key features of the Rehabilitation Code, how the Code is implemented...

...Garuth Chalfont Purpose Rehabilitation aims to achieve optimal levels of physical, psychological, social and vocational well‐being. Even though cognitive interventions have been widely applied in dementia care for over 20 years, rehabilitation is largely ignored for degenerative diseases...

... Brain injury Head injury Social work Case management Rehabilitation Family Practice Transdisciplinary working: the social worker as case manager Steve Wiseman Case Manager, seconded by Nottinghamshire County Council to the Nottingham Traumatic Brain Injury Service, UK Abstract This paper...