2005
DOI: 10.2490/jjrm1963.42.58
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Rehabilitation of Poststroke Patients under Long-term Care Insurance

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“…Rehabilitation therapy for orthopedic patients who are discharged to long-term care facilities probably works well because patients have no paralysis due to central nervous system damage. Additionally, currently, there is no transitionsupport program for rehabilitation patients who are discharged to their homes in Japan [25][26][27]. These might be reasons why the increase in FIM scores was larger when the discharge destination was facilities other than home than when the discharge destination was home.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Rehabilitation therapy for orthopedic patients who are discharged to long-term care facilities probably works well because patients have no paralysis due to central nervous system damage. Additionally, currently, there is no transitionsupport program for rehabilitation patients who are discharged to their homes in Japan [25][26][27]. These might be reasons why the increase in FIM scores was larger when the discharge destination was facilities other than home than when the discharge destination was home.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although Japanese patients discharged home have been reported to show a gradual decline in daily living activities over time (30), factors that support the maintenance of the functional ability of such patients have not been reported. Currently, there is no transition-support programme for rehabilitation patients who are discharged home in which a patient would be allowed to go back and forth between home and a facility to gradually adjust to the home environment without full recovery (31)(32)(33). Patients discharged home tend to seek healthcare services based on price and convenience (e.g., distance and driving time), rather than with regard to necessity (34).…”
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confidence: 99%