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National Conference – Looking Forward: Specialist Rehabilitation Services in Ireland – Papers and Profile of Key Speakers

Looking Forward: Specialist Rehabilitation Services in Ireland

How should these services be developed and delivered?

Held on Friday 21^st October 2011, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.

Rehabilitation services in Ireland have historically been underdeveloped – now as we find ourselves with less money and bigger challenges than ever, we must ask how we can best manage and provide services for those most vulnerable in our community. Debates about rehabilitation often ask ‘where rehabilitation services should be provided – in hospital or in the Community?’ Clearly this is the wrong question – clients have different needs at different times along the continuum of care. The focus of this conference was to discuss:-

How do we make best use of available resources and provide quality, efficient, cost effective rehabilitation services?
How do we ensure that clients can access the services that are appropriate for their individual needs in a timely and effective manner?
How can we focus expertise and harness energy in planning and developing services within the context of wider health service developments?
Syndicate Sessions will focus on sharing experience and expertise between healthcare professionals towards the ongoing development of rehabilitation services in the context of best practice, continuum of care and durability of outcomes.

Details of Key Speakers and Conference Notes:-

Dr. Barry White, National Director of Clinical Strategy and Programmes: Clinical Care Programme: Better Care and Better Use of Resources

Profile – Dr Barry White – National Clinical Programmes

Dr. Éimear Smith, Medical Director Spinal Cord System of Care Programme, NRH: The Changing Demographics of Disability

Profile - Dr Éimear Smith – Changing Demographics of Disability

Mark Pollock, Adventure Athlete and Author: Rehabilitation: A Personal Perspective

Profile – Mark Pollock

Michael Butler, Care Group Co-Ordinator, Physical & Sensory Disability Services, West Cork: Planning, Implemenation and Maintenance of 3 Complete Care Plans in the Client’s Home – a Manager’s Perspective

Profile - Michael Butler – Planning, Implementation and Maintenance of 3 Complex Care Plans in the Client`s Home – a Managers Perspective

Charles Normand, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin: Cost of Care – Can we manage more effectively?

Profile - Professor Charles Normand – Cost of Care – Can we manage more effectively

Stephen T. Wegener, PhD, ABBP, Associate Professor Director, Division of Rehabilitation Psychology & Neuropsychology, Johns Hopkins University, USA: Sustainability of Oucomes

Profile Stephen T Wegener – Professor Stephen T Wegener – Sustainability of Rehabiliation Outcomes

Ian Roberston, Professor of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin:

Future Developments in Neurorehabilitation

Profile - Conference Presentation will be uploaded shortly

Dr. Áine Carroll, Clinical Lead of the Rehabilitation Medicine Programme, National Clinical Strategy and Programme Directorate, HSE: Specialist Rehabilitation Services – Where to from here?

Profile- Dr Aine Carroll – Specialist Rehabilitation Services – Where to from here?

Abstracts from Syndicate Sessions – 1 to 5.

1) Liaison and Outreach Services – a vital link in the chain of rehabilitation

2) Neurobehavioural & Disorders of Consciousness Services

3) Prosthetic, Orthotic and Limb Absence Rehabilitation – A multidisciplinary approach

4) The Challenge of Rehabilitation in the Developing Child

5) Health Promotion in Disability

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