Need for Rehabilitation Teamwork Training in Europe

Rehabilitation medicine seeks to maximize the functional and psychosocial abilities of patients with disability and improve their quality of life. It is concerned with the three dimensions of disability -impairment, activity limitation, and restriction in participation -and aims to reduce impairment and prevent or minimize the resulting activity limitation. For this purpose, it requires appropriately staffed and equipped inpatient facilities. To reduce activity limitation that may remain on completion of inpatient care, rehabilitation medicine needs services in the community for the maintenance of achieved improvement and prevention of complications. Minimization of restricted participation needs assistive technology, home adaptation, and psychosocial support for reintegration in society.