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The Rehabilitation Team

Rehabilitation is a continuous process where a team of doctors, nurses, therapists and various other medical professionals is formed to help the patient recover from his present state of illness to a normal state of health.

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The rehabilitation team is formed based on the illness of the patient. For example the doctors, nurses and therapists in a drug rehabilitation team will be different from those in an accident rehabilitation team. Each member of the team with his/her individual expertise has a different approach in healing the patient.

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Various needs of the client decides which therapist will be a part of the rehabilitation team. Some of these needs are the client’s illness, duration of illness, severity of the same, financial capability of the client and his insurance coverage. Usually a rehabilitation team comprises of the following members:

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Physiatrist

The Physiatrist is the leader of the rehabilitation team. He assesses the patient carefully and monitors the patient’s progress. He decides what all medical services the patient needs and then designs the program as per the patient’s need. He will design a patient oriented treatment program based on which the other members of the team will be decided. His specialization is physical medicine and rehabilitation.

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Neuropsychologist

Often after a serious illness or brain damage, a patient may not able to behave or think as he use to before the accident. Severe brain damage may be the cause for this. So a Neuropsychologist monitors these changes and then designs such programs that will help the patient recover quickly. A Neuropsychologist will also educate the family members of the patient to accept this change in the patient and ways to deal with it.

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Physical Therapist

After a traumatic brain injury a person may suffer from musculoskeletal or neuromuscular issues. This injury affects his daily activities. The work of a physical rehabilitation therapist is to work on improving this problem of the patient. He will focus on the development of posture, strength, physical independence, quality movement, balance coordination and other sensory motor activities.

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Nurses

Nurses who deal with rehabilitation patients are trained to take care of the everyday need of the patients. Often after severe brain or physical injury a person may find it difficult to take care of oneself, so these nurses are trained to take care of patients. http://www.rehabilitations.org

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Speech/Language Pathologist

A person suffering from any sort of brain injury may face difficulty in talking clearly. Therefore, it becomes difficult for the family members to understand what the patient is trying to say. Sometimes, the patient may also feel frustrated when he is not able to communicate properly. In such cases, a speech therapist helps the patient by checking his condition and then designing a specific program of exercises and therapies that would help him communicate with the society. http://www.rehabilitations.org

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Occupational Therapist

The work of an occupational therapist is to make a patient learn advanced independence skills that will help him in various ways in his personal life. The patient will be taught cooking, laundering, shopping and banking by an occupational therapist. http://www.rehabilitations.org

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Recreational Therapist

The job of a recreational therapist is to make a patient indulge in all those activities that the patient enjoys. He brings a positive attitude in a patient by making the latter realize that life can be fun and enjoyable.

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Counselor

After any kind of a traumatic incident, be it accident or illness a patient goes through depression and other negative feelings. It is very important that a rehab counselor counsels the patient and adds positive attitude in him. This is important as healthy mind will lead to a faster healing.

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These medical experts form a rehabilitation team and help the patient in various ways to get back to a normal life.

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