Articles tagged under ‘Rehab Systems’

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• The need for a paradigm shift in rehabilitation

  Guest writer Pam Garton, Occupational Therapist, Abilita Services, has 27 years of experience in the rehabilitation industry.

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• Toxic Doctors

  What do you do with a toxic doctor?

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• Superdoc (10) - Rehabilitate or terminate - who cares?

  Financial rewards and KPIs as perverse incentives.

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• Let's get ethical, ethical

  A code of ethics would have helped former return to work coordinator 'Layla' to educate injured workers and combat an investigate-happy manager.

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• Right to rehab: a right for all

  Terminally ill patients are LIVING with their illness, and so deserve the same rehab attention as any other patient.

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• Does rehabilitation need energising?

  Survival to revival - energising rehabilitation.

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• Complacency in return to work programs does not produce good outcomes

  An injured worker, with knee injuries and heart condition, is made redundant and has to deal with the concern that no other employer will take him on.

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• Rehabilitation of cancer patients - addressing a lack

  Why is it then that cancer survivors have less access to help with rehabilitation post-treatment?

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• Cancer-related disability: getting on with life and work

  Cancer patients need thorough reviews post treatment so they can return to suitable working environments.

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• Before and after a brain injury

  What is a brain injury and how should it be managed?

Archived Articles 1 - 15 of 15

• Rehab roundup: Western Australia

  We chat to Rob Gordon, recent past-president of the Western Australian branch of the Australian Rehabilitation Providers Association.

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• Rehab roundup: Victoria

  We chat to Anthony Zalakos, president of the Victorian branch of the Australian Rehabilitation Providers Association.

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• Rehab roundup: South Australia

  We chat to George Hallwood, president of the South Australian branch of the Australian Rehabilitation Providers Association.

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• The Walsh Review and the future of WorkCoverSA

  A review commissioned by the WorkCoverSA last year outlines radical changes aimed at reforming underperforming vocational rehabilitation sector and improving return to work rates in the Festival State.

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• Review calls for WorkCoverSA overhaul

  A new review commissioned by WorkCoverSA shows that more changes are needed to bring the state's return to work outcomes to a national standard.

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• Rehab industry - back to the future and happy about it

  Interview with Annette Williams, President ARPA.

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• Rehab harmony

  On July 1 2010, a national approval framework for workplace rehabilitation providers rolled out across Australia. We talk to ARPA to find out if the choir is happy with the score...

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• Durable RTW - was life meant to be this hard?

  Why are the numbers of people making return to work more difficult increasing?

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• U.S. senior researcher position: health services, disability

  Liberty Mutual Research Instutute for Safety

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• It's time to reconceptualise injury management

  Rethinking things: Professor Niki Ellis says we need to consider why we're failing on a few fronts in workers' comp and RTW.

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• Returning to a different work

  In an interview with Wolfgang Zimmermann, Executive Director of NIDMAR, we learn the story of his special return to work, and hear how he's made a career out of helping others to do the same.

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• A wish-list for Australia's occupational rehabilitation system

  An interview with the Australian Rehabilitation Providers Association's Jane Monk.

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• LaTrobe University's Greg Murphy talks to RTW Matters

  Associate Professor Greg Murphy on rehab policy, RTW after spinal injury and rehab in rural communities.

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• From the sporting arena to the workplace.

  Introducing an elite sports model of injury prevention and management into the workplace is the key to reducing the frequency and severity of workplace injuries.

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• Rehabilitation between the yellow flags

  Prior to the onset of an injury a worker may often display a number of yellow flags, or warning signs, indicative of the injury occurring.

Research 1 - 3 of 3

• The super-view of super-RTW

  What do supervisors think about multidisciplinary vocational rehabilitation programs?

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• Vocational rehab: Saving money or lives?

  What impact do financial pressures have on the use and effectiveness of vocational rehabilitation for injured workers?

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• Welfare-to-work programs

  Are they good policy? Do they work? How can they be improved?