Healthcare and Public Health Project for People with Disablities
Community-based Rehabilitation
The community based rehabilitation(CBR), which operates and utilizes personnel and physical resources as well as the person with disability and the family and encompasses every method adopted, based on communities in order to achieve the rehabilitation of the disabled and social integration, is the rehabilitation strategy recommended by WHO since 1981.
Community-based Rehabilitation through Healthcare System
1. Nationwide Expansion through Primary Health Care System
Initiated from the local public health centers since 2000, the community-based rehabilitation project utilizing primary healthcare system has been expanded to the nationwide public health centers. The project has been operated in consideration of the local characteristics by dividing into urban-rural and rural based.
2. Target Population
The individuals living in community who requires constant services such as health promotion and rehabilitation training or is in need of secondary disability prevention(hypertension, diabetes, heart diseases and etc)and safety control.
3. Services
1. Rehabilitation Service
- Health Promotion Program
- Medical Rehabilitation Service for the Homebound Disabled : hygiene, bedsore, position change, ROM exercise, etc.
- Independence Program : guidance of ADSs, walking, transfer training, etc.
- Rehabilitation Service for the Walking Persons : rehabilitation-assistant devices, day care program, regular exercise program, etc.
- The family Support Program
- family caregiver, emotional support, peer group membership, etc.
- community Participation Program
- self-help group by disability, rehabilitation information, outing, recreational activities, etc.
2. Cooperative Activities with Community Resources
- Medical Resources
By entrusting the university and rehabilitation medical centers as the consultative organization, regularly receive the cooperation about the directions and programs of the project.
- Organization of Community Rehabilitation Resources
Interrelated activities are achieved by organizing a rehabilitation council including local government offices, educational institutes, medical centers and welfare institutes.
4. Project Expectations
- Since the existing organizations and personnel from the local public health centers and community rehabilitation organizations are utilized, it may expect the maximized effect with minimum cost by saving the budget.
- Since it provides the disabled with the opportunity to be rehabilitated in everyday life together with family members and the neighborhood, it may show the maximized rehabilitation effect early and contribute to the improvement of social integration and the quality of life.
5. Budget for Local Public Health center
- National Health Promotion Fund : 50%
- Local Government : 50%
Community-based Rehabilitation Project of National Rehabilitation Center
1. Management of Community Public Health centers for the community cased Rehabilitation Project
- Guideline and practical manual of CBR project
- CBR Worker education and training
- Developing and distributing the community based rehabilitation programs
- Evaluation and monitoring the community based rehabilitation projects
2. Education of CBR Worker
- Eligibility
To educate & empowerment for CBR worker and Mid-level rehabilitation worker, volunteer.
- Educational Course
Basic course(10 days), intermediate course(5days), advanced course(3days)
- Application Info
Eligible person may apply for the course in the survey of training, or alternatively, you may download the application form from the website. Then, fill the form and fax(+82 2 901 1591)or email it (nrccbr@nrc.go.kr)
3. Research and Development
- Research and Development
- Clinical and policy application
- Developing of General core set of ICF
- Team conference manual
- Referral system do Rehabilitation
- Development of Continuum services for Rehabilitation