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The recuperative care treatment programme is for older
people who need a period of rehabilitation within a safe and
supportive environment.
This might include:
- People who have been in hospital following an accident, illness
or surgery.
- People who are having difficulty coping at home.
- People whose needs may have changed since being placed in
residential or nursing care.
Recuperative care is a 24 hour a day, seven days a week
process.
What is included in the treatment programme?
Treatment programmes typically include:
- Washing and dressing assessments and practice.
- Hot drink, snack and meal preparation.
- Daily rehabilitation sessions to improve flexibility, mobility
and range of movement.
- Cognitive and reminiscence groups.
- Community re-integration activities.
- Home visits and discharge planning with families, carers and
care managers.
- Assessment and provision of equipment and minor
adaptations.
- Opportunities to help develop the recuperative care service
from a service user's perspective.
How do people access Recuperative Care?
Your care manager will complete a screening form on your behalf,
as part of a referral pack, and return it to the Occupational
Therapy Service unit. The screening form is based on the
recuperative care
admission criteria and helps your care manager to indentify
whether you are suitable for the programme.
You must meet all of the points listed in the admission criteria
in order to be deemed suitable for the programme.
The occupational therapist and unit manager will then make an
assessment on your needs, based on information received in the
referral pack.
Recuperative care is not suitable for emergency
respite needs.
What happens in recuperative care?
On admission you will be given further detailed assessments and
work with the therapist to set realistic goals from which your
treatment programme is planned. |