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Symposiums

S3.1 Rehabilitation in the Community 14:30 Convention Hall C

Keys to Successful Transition into the Community
Low ML
The Salvation Army, Peacehaven Nursing Home, Singapore HOSPITAL AUTHORITY CONVENTION 2017

S3.2 Rehabilitation in the Community 14:30 Convention Hall C Tuesday, 16 May

Rehabilitation for a Million – Hospital as a Proactive Interface to Community Rehabilitation
Chow ESL
Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong

As the major component of holistic rehabilitation, community rehabilitation services cover a broad dimension of rehabilitation
goals, including but not limited to, the improvement of impairment, activity and participation. It also serves as an interface
with other activities and dimensions of lives in the society.

Tuen Mun Hospital (TMH) Rehabilitation Centre was established in 2007 and serves as the cluster rehabilitation centre
under the New Territories West Cluster of Hospital Authority in Hong Kong. The centre, being an integrative part of a major
regional hospital, receives a large number of acute and non-acute patients who require rehabilitation with a great dimension
of diagnoses, impairment and disabilities. Their needs, as expected, are highly variable. This presentation describes the
Centre’s development, from initial infrastructural design stage to subsequent service organisation and implementation, and
how the hardware and software work together and evolve as a hub between hospital and various community rehabilitation
sectors to cater for the rehabilitation needs of a million population. The outcomes and challenges will also be described.

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