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Volume 03 Spine 2019
October 16-17, 2019
Journal of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience
October 16-17, 2019 | Rome, Italy
SPINE AND SPINAL DISORDERS
5th World Congress on
J Neurol Clin Neurosci, Volume 03
Role of multidisciplinary team in educating Spinal Cord Injury patients and their
families at Inpatient Rehabilitation Care
Vijay Janagama
Suvitas Holistic Healthcare Pvt Ltd, India
Statement of the Problem : Comprehensive rehabilitation aims to restore strength, functional independence and quality of life
in patients suffering from Spinal Cord Injuries. A clear understanding of the baseline state, prognosis and realistic goals are the
fundamentals for a successful comprehensive rehabilitation care program. Educating the patient and family members will ensure
better cooperation and long-term adherence to the advised care plan. Multiple systemic reviews have emphasized the role of
patient or family member in being actively involved to yield improved rehabilitation outcomes. To improve adherence to advised
care plan by educating the patient and family, we have initiated family meetings with multidisciplinary rehabilitation team in the
inpatient rehabilitation care facility in the cities of Hyderabad and Bengaluru in India.
Methods: Family meetings with the multidisciplinary team are a vital and integral part of inpatient rehabilitation care in India.
There is an initial baseline meeting to ensure that patient or family members are in completely aware of baseline status, prognosis
and realistic outcomes mapped as short term and long term goals. All the
care plan interventions are regularly evaluated to achieve the set goals and
are regularly updated to the patient and family members. One conclusion
meeting is scheduled before the discharge, to ensure that the patient or the
family is better equipped to handle the activities at home and ensures the
continuity of care at home.
Results: Patients and families who have participated regularly in family
meetings driven by multi-disciplinary rehabilitation team had an improved
adherence to the advised care plan, better outcomes and well-positioned to
continue the care after going home.
Conclusions : Given multiple scientific studies validating the importance
of family role during inpatient rehabilitation, we believe educating spinal
cord injury patients and their family by multi-disciplinary rehabilitation
team will improve adherence to an advised rehabilitation care plan, enable
better outcomes and ensure better continuity of the care at home.
Biography
Vijay Janagama is a Health Promotion Specialist & Healthcare Technologist with more than 15 years of experience across industries and
roles, He is a Diabetologist by profession. Also a certified wellness practitioner, he has been one of the visionaries who conceptualized
and established India’s first transition care facility, SuVitas in 2015 as Founding Medical Director. Instrumental in developing the
protocols-based treatment methodology of SuVitas Care Plan, He steers SuVitas’s thrust in research, technology, innovation and
development of new initiatives Patient-Centric Rehabilitation Care Models. An ardent champion advocating the benefits of transition
care for developing a superior healthcare ecosystem for the country, he has presented seminal research work in Post-Hospitalization
Care at several prestigious academic platforms including World Stroke Congress, World Congress of Neurology and World Congress
of NeuroRehabilitation.
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Figure 1 Patient and Family Education by Multidisciplinary
Team in Family Meetings