[25 years rehabilitation. Questions--answers, unanswered questions--retrospective answers]

Starting out from the 10th World Congress of the International Society for Rehabilitation of the Disabled, held 1966 in Wiesbaden on the subject of "Industrial Society and Rehabilitation", social-legislational developments are out-lined, among them the 1971 accident insurance coverage for pupils, the 1974 rehabilitation harmonization act, and the 1975 extension of social insurance coverage to disabled persons working in workshops for the disabled; problems yet unsolved in the structured system of social protection are pointed out. The problem of "early rehabilitation", still to a very great extent unresolved, is dealt with in the context of the present distinction between "acute medicine" und "rehabilitation" facilities. In rehabilitation of persons with chronic mental illness, numerous models have been developed; a generally accepted, and available approach however has not emerged so far. For ensuring care quality and continuity, the urgent need for community-based availability of the "rehabilitation team" is underlined, and interdisciplinary further education efforts are demanded for all professions in the team, both in facility- and community-based service delivery.