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What is rehabilitation about?
Illness can strike at any time of life. For many of us, it will come and go, leaving no bad effects. But for others, longer-term illness with physical and/or mental problems might be the result.
Rehabilitation services support people in their recovery from illness or injury, helping them to return to work or education or even just to take part in normal everyday activities again.
People with a wide range of health problems need rehabilitation services. They may, for instance, face challenges with their:
- bones and joints
- heart and lungs
- eyesight, hearing and talking
- ability to walk and carry out everyday activities
- mental health.
There is a special need for rehabilitation services for older people who have one or more physical or mental health problems on a long-term basis. And younger adults who have been off work due to injury or illness for prolonged periods will also need rehabilitation to help them get back into work.
Whatever their circumstances, people need rehabilitation treatment that is specially aimed at meeting their individual needs.
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