OBJECTIVE To investigate the short- and long-term effects of a multidisciplinary postoperative rehabilitation programme in patients with femoral neck fracture. DESIGN AND SUBJECTS A randomized controlled trial in patients (n = 199) with femoral neck fracture, aged >or= 70 years. METHODS The primary outcomes were: living conditions, walking ability and activities of daily living performance ...

BACKGROUND Pressure ulcers are common conditions among hospitalized patients and impose substantial burden on patients and their caregivers. To assess the knowledge and attitudes of health professionals towards PUs prevention. METHODS A cross-sectional study was performed in the rehabilitation hospital at King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2014. The study population consisted of...

Family Stroke Education • An educational program for family members of patients experiencing a recent stroke is described. The educational sessions involve all members of the rehabilitation team in a round table discussion as well as a question and answer format. Surveys of family members indicate this educational process resulted in a decreased anxiety about stroke, improved communications wit...

Statistics on nursing homes by original purpose of building, admission policy, certification status, cost per resident day, attending physicians, type of supervising staff, rehabilitation services, waiting lists, training programs, room capacity, and bed capacity. Based on data collected in the 1973-74 National Nursing Home Survey.

1 Head of Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Salerno, Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni Di Dio e Ruggi d’Aragona, Salerno, Italy Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Mile End Hospital, London, UK 2 Isokinetic Medical Group, Head of the Medical Staff of Bologna Football Club ...

PURPOSE In this article, we contribute to the debate on medication compliance by exploring the conversational "technologies" entailed in the process of promoting clients' adherence to psychopharmacological prescriptions. Using a case study approach, we explore how medication-related problems are dealt with in conversational interaction between the staff members and the clients of a mental healt...

A recent survey has shown that Nepali drug users in Hong Kong tend to have a low rate of usage of day-care and residential rehabilitation services, but a high rate of usage of methadone services. Little is known about the reasons behind such a pattern. Therefore, in this study, a 12-month ethnographic examination has been implemented in three sites, including a day-care center, residential reha...

In my 30+ years of the practice of Neurology, I spent the last 20 as the medical director of a rehabilitation center, much of that directing a multidisciplinary chronic pain program. We routinely treated the most challenging patients, those whose physicians had basically given up their treatment in despair, and referred them to us. Our team included a full-time psychologist, and their intake da...

There has been considerable progress in recent years in developing psychosocial interventions for people who experience persistent psychotic symptoms. However, it is sometimes difficult to generalise these findings into routine clinical practice. Long-term, psychodynamically informed, supportive psychotherapy is a valuable approach for working with individuals for whom current psychosocial inte...