The Illinois Work and Well-Being Model: An intervention framework to improve employment and health outcomes for stroke survivors

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This article describes the Illinois Work and Well-Being Model as a framework that can be applied to facilitate the career development of people who have sustained strokes. The model depicts the interaction of contextual and career development domains to improve participation in the areas of work, society, community, and home. CONCLUSION: A discussion of the model's implications regarding vocational rehabilitation research, service, and policy is presented, with the overall aim of establishing career development as the foundation of vocational rehabilitation services for stroke survivors.

The Fate of Social Modernity

“…In some places, services are based on multi-professional teams embracing nurses, physiotherapists, physicians, dietitians, psychologists, social workers and administrative assistants. Elsewhere, the system's components are more loosely coupled (see Stratil et al 2017 or Andreasson 2019) as many programmes and providers tend to specialise in distinctive conditions and users, including those with mental health problems (Rössler and Drake 2017), suffering from cancer (Kersting Lie et al 2019) or having been affected by sustained strokes (Rumrill et al 2020). International differences in this universe have remained considerable when regarding, for instance, administrative issues, the service landscape and funding arrangements (involving social security schemes, authorities of national health services and private insurance bodies).…”