Partnering with patients and families to balance safety and autonomy in rehabilitation and complex continuing care

Rehabilitation and complex continuing care (CCC) are uniquely situated in the healthcare continuum to bridge the shift of priorities from life and death, to a focus on the return of function, health and wellness. [...] These tensions are unique to rehabilitation and reflect the complexities of living with a chronic disability, the unanticipated This project is Partnering with patients and families to balance Investigators: partially funded by: safety and autonomy in rehabilitation and complex continuing care Tardif et al. [...] Thus, in order to prepare patients and families for the transition to home, rehabilitation and CCC need to create environments that support experimentation and risk taking, as part of the process of reacquiring identities. [...] There is a compelling argument that for transitions in care to be truly successful, they need to be understood from the perspective of patients and families and the critical issues that are involved in understanding of the balance between risk and safety. [...] Participant Recruitment: The research coordinator presented the study at all program staff meetings to introduce the project and the specific participant criteria, as well as to discuss the best methods of recruitment of patients and family members based on staff’s past experiences and their knowledge of processes within the program.