Education as the key to rehabilitation

Rehabilitation education is the key for successful transference to the home setting for the client and family. Can you picture a family at the rehabilitation facility on the day of discharge taking home a 19-year-old son with a severe head injury or a high spinal cord injury without this preparation? The client and family must be evaluated by the rehabilitation team to plan the individualized educational program. Education must start at admission and involve every member of the rehabilitation team in order to offer a complete educational program. The criteria for discharge of the client are based on an educational program successfully addressing self-care, self-direction, and self-responsibility.