Reablement services play a critical role in maintaining people’s independence and quality of life. Most frequently used to support people’s recovery after a hospital stay, reablement can also be ...

Reablement services save councils money by helping service users regain independence. But, as public finances tighten, will authorities be able to find the investment required to make them work?

Reablement is an emerging, person‐centred model of home-based rehabilitation that aims to restore and enhance the ability of older adults to perform essential daily activities. By focusing on ...

Ministers have been warned not to expect significant savings from a new care policy aimed at keeping elderly people out of hospital and residential care. An official evaluation of the "reablement" ...

Closer working between a care provider and NHS Dorset has helped ease the pressure of patients discharged from hospital, a council meeting has heard. Care Dorset said its 20 reablement beds had saved ...

Plans to turn a former care home into a recovery hub for older people have been approved. Dorset Council has agreed to use the former Sidney Gale Care Home in Bridport for the county's first ...

When people leave hospital, they often need initial support to help them regain the abilities they had before they were in hospital, things like being able to wash and dress themselves, cook, shop, or ...

When Mrs Richards* was told she could go home from hospital she was both thrilled and scared. She knew she was not as strong and mobile as she had been before she was in hospital. She was worried ...

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