[Neurorehabilitation: what it used to be, what it is, how will it be?]

Although neuro-rehabilitation has found its identity, it needs close relationship to general rehabilitation and the other disciplines. In particular, however, there is a close relationship to geriatric rehabilitation. Within the framework of a continuous, non-interrupted rehabilitation chain many goals have already been attained and some have been pinpointed as important future aims. My own contribution to this has been the follow-up rehabilitation service which should also be adopted in nursing homes for the elderly or the incapacitated. What is essential is the phase-specific utilisation of all measures, including integrated psychotherapy. Translation into organisational measures requires activities on many levels, including also the political level. This, however, involves the use of assessment instruments which are at present being introduced on the market with newly developed graduations. Medication and electronics have enabled us to achieve a few aims, and we expect that even more may be realised in the future.