Patient reported experience of inpatient rehabilitation in Australia

While the value of patient reported experience is increasingly acknowledged, the measurement of rehabilitation-specific patient reported experiences is an area that is yet to attract a lot of attention. The aim of this study was to examine the patient-reported experience of person-centred inpatient rehabilitation. The study consisted of a multi-site cross sectional survey using the 33-item modified Client Centred Rehabilitation Questionnaire (CCRQ). A total of 408 participants were recruited from 20 inpatient rehabilitation facilities across Australia. Participants were in the final days of their inpatient rehabilitation episode when approached to complete the paper based modified CCRQ. Nineteen of the 33 items had an 80% or greater proportion of positive responses (‘agree’, ‘strongly agree’). The items belonging to the Family Involvement and Support subscale had the lowest proportion of positive responses (range 57.1%-82.4%), the highest proportion of ‘does not apply’ responses (range 10.0%-23.0%) and the largest variability in positive responses across all 33 items. The three negatively worded items (items 2 and 33 in the Client-centred Education subscale and item 7 from the Continuity/Co-ordination subscale) demonstrated the greatest proportions of negative responses (range 44.6%-65.7%). The breadth of the modified CCRQ items enables identification of service gaps as seen from the patient’s perspective. Identification of such gaps allows rehabilitation services to plan actions to improve the quality of services provided. Experience Framework This article is associated with the Patient, Family & Community Engagement lens of The Beryl Institute Experience Framework. (http://bit.ly/ExperienceFramework) Access other PXJ articles related to this lens. Access other resources related to this lens

The AROC annual report: the state of rehabilitation in New Zealand in 2015

This is the fourth comprehensive annual report describing discharge episodes from subacute inpatient rehabilitation programs provided by New Zealand facilities that are members of the Australasian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre (AROC). The inaugural report was published in 2013 and described the 2012 data; this fourth instalment describes the 2015 data. This report is the first to use the version 4 AN-SNAP classification (to be implemented in Australia in July 2016). For more information about AN-SNAP classification please refer to the AROC website: http://ahsri.uow.edu.au/aroc This report also introduces an extended times series analysis, looking at change in various rehabilitation measures over the most recent five years. The provision of rehabilitation in New Zealand continues to grow in volume, with 2015 seeing a 1.4% real increase in inpatient episodes of rehabilitation provided. The majority of that volume growth is coming from the reconditioning and orthopaedic fractures impairment groups

AROC Ambulatory National Report, January 2012 - December 2012

Definition of ambulatory rehabilitation Starts with a multi-disciplinary assessment Is multi-disciplinary, but all therapies may not be delivered concurrently Is goal oriented - includes goal setting and review The program of care is time limited Is delivered in an ambulatory setting, either centre or community based Ambulatory rehabilitation may occur as: - The continuation of an inpatient episode of rehabilitation - A rehabilitation program provided solely in an ambulatory settin

Outcomes of rehabilitation for reconditioning: falls, frailty, care service requirements - what does the national data tell us?

Presentation Outline • What is AROC? • AROC data collection • AROC reconditioning impairment specific data: • Question -\u3e does the data show any association between level of frailty, falls or weight loss and outcomes (LOS, function, services required)

Australasian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre

AROC recently hosted a party of 15 Vietnamese rehabilitation clinicians as part of an Australian Leadership Award Fellowship Program spearheaded by Frances Simmonds, Director of AROC, and her colleague Jacquelin Capell, Research Fellow. The delegates, representing the Vietnamese Ministry of Health and the Vietnamese Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, included medical, nursing and allied health directors and heads of department in adult and paediatric rehabilitation facilities across Vietnam

AROC impairment specific report inpatient – pathway 3 spinal cord dysfunction Anywhere Hospital January 2015 – December 2015

This is the second AROC Impairment Specific Report for spinal cord dysfunction which compares YOUR FACILITY\u27s data to data from SPECIALIST spinal cord dysfunction services and data from NON-SPECIALIST spinal cord dysfunction services (Australia and New Zealand). Each Impairment Specific Report is structured as a series of chapters. Each report will present an overall big picture chapter on the impairment followed by a chapter looking at FIM item scoring at YOUR FACILITY. An outcomes analysis chapter followed by an explanatory data chapter. At the end is analysis by impairment specific data items