| Home-based Rehabilitation Service
Objective
 To provide rehabilitation services at home and in the community for those in need.
Team Members
3 Physiotherapists, 3 Occupational Therapists, 1 Rehabilitation Assistant, 1 Registered Nurse
and 1 Administrative Assistant
| Service Provision | | | | 1. | To assess patient's functional abilities in the environment where the patient lives | | 2. | To advise on home-based training and prescribe rehabilitative assistive device to maintain or improve patient's ability of independent living | | 3. | To assess home environment and give advice on home modification to ensure safe living environment | | 4. | To educate carers on proper techniques and attitude in taking care of patients at their homes | | | | Target | | | | 1. |
Non-institutionalised individuals residing in the Tai Po region
and North District
who are in need of rehabilitation services but are unable to travel between home and hospital for regular treatment |
| 2. | Individuals whose rehabilitation services are most effective and appropriate to be provided at their homes | Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programme
Background
The Community Based Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programme (CBPRP) is fully sponsored by the Pneumoconiosis Compensation Fund Board (PCFB) to provide a comprehensive range of rehabilitation programmes to cater for different health care needs of pneumoconiosis patients. In Tai Po, Fanling, Sheung Shui, Yuen Long, Tin Shui Wai and Tuen Mun areas, the programme will be carried out by the Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole
Charity Foundation
in collaboration with the Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims (ARIAV).
ARIAV will be responsible for the administrative part of the programme, patient recruitment, coordination and psychosocial programme. They will arrange the venue, audio-visual and medical equipment / consumables for teaching purpose and recruitment of patients. As far as the nursing input of the Programme is concerned, there will be minimal nursing intervention between the nurse and the patients. | Programme Content | | |  | Pre-programme assessment: including taking baseline information such as health and smoking history, drug use, PB, body checkup, lung function, ECG, etc. | | Training programme (non-strenuous physical exercise such as brisk walking), education talks (information about causes and treatment of pneumoconiosis, drug compliance, smoking cessation, nutrition, and health maintenance, etc.) personal service and counselling. | | Maintenance programme | | Psychological care - psychosocial group sharing, panic control, etc. | | Inpatient rehabilitation programme (estimated 5 cases per year), including physical exercises, desk top ADL etc. | |
