Purpose: As the disability community holds a larger presence in the United States, the needs become more apparent. Researchers in collaboration with the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation looked to find the most pressing needs of the paralysis community--inclusive of persons with paralysis, family members/caregivers of persons with paralysis,…

Existing research evidence pertaining to the occupational therapy (OT) role with adventure-based outdoor activities for military veterans and the authors' positive experience serving members of a non-profit veteran-run organization that promotes rehabilitation archeology suggest that outdoor rehabilitation for this client population is a promising…

The Working Alliance, consisting of building bonds, establishing goals, and developing tasks, has been deemed the cornerstone of helping professions, and has been found to significantly and reliably predict client outcomes. The importance of client characteristics and perceptions of working alliance has been established in the literature. Less is…

The purpose of this research was two-fold. First, it sought to determine if Canadian rehabilitation science programs are equipped to admit students with physical impairments and, second, to document the experience of these students. A survey (questionnaire) conducted among all Canadian university rehabilitation science programs (n = 34) and…

In addition to hypotonia and relative sarcopenia, patients with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) show reduced spontaneous physical activity and gait disorders. Scant evidence exists that daily muscle training increases their lean mass and physical activity levels. Whether adequate long-term physical training is feasible and effective in improving…

A global study of 127 hospitalized physically disabled patients of George Morris Piersol Rehabilitation Center, University of Pennsylvania and the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service of the Veterans Administration Hospital, Philadelphia, concludes that length of hospital stay bore no consistent relationship to patients' overall degree of…

This article discusses the merits of the innovative rehabilitation efforts utilizing recreation at the Maryland Rehabilitation Center in Baltimore. (SK)

The Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific (REHAB) is a highly-specialized medical hospital dedicated to the rehabilitation of the handicapped. Its primary concern is with the care of neurological, orthopedic, or cardiovascular conditions which result in physical impairment. Discusses its personnel, goals, and services. (Author/RK)

Practices in patient education for spinal cord injured persons in 10 hospital rehabilitation centers were examined. Surveys revealed that a majority of the centers conducted patient education (designed to provide facts about the injury as well as psychological support). Findings revealed a large number of staff involved, but a wide difference in…

Physical disability from disease or injury often results in a permanent state of social insufficiency, especially when the disability is reinforced by individual or environmental factors. In a study of almost 700 persons treated at a Norwegian rehabilitation center, regression analysis was used to compare those who benefited from the program with…

A recommendations paper involving strategies for rehabilitation practitioners and theoreticians and recommendations related to intake process and delivery of direct client services. (EA)

Rehabilitation facility personnel are those persons who design programs and facilities for the occupational or educational rehabilitation of persons with physical disabilities. New directions in the training of rehabilitation facility personnel should stress innovative or experimental approaches of a variety of types at the undergraduate level.…

Surveyed state rehabilitation counselors and administrators regarding their perceptions of mental health problems among individuals with physical disabilities. Results suggest that the state vocational rehabilitation counselors and administrators perceive a significant need for mental health services among individuals with severe physical…

This study shows that high rehabilitation rates correlated significantly with large caseloads, high program expenditures, low expenditures per client, and shorter duration of clients in the program. In sharp contract, rehabilitants' salary correlate significantly with small caseloads, small program budgets, select clients, high training…

The focus of the homemaking program at the Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine is twofold--to retrain disabled homemakers in basic skills and to replan the patients' homes to fit their new physical needs. (Author/BP)