Goal Planning in Stroke Rehabilitation: Why?

Abstract

Stroke rehabilitation is a complex process, and goal planning is needed to ensure that the rehabilitation effort is as efficient and effective as possible. Many patients with neurological disability have multiple severe and complex problems that require input from many different people from various professions and agencies. In these circumstances, there is a major risk that individual people may be working toward separate and at times conflicting goals, and it is unlikely that everyone will work in a coordinated way. Consequently, a formal process of goal planning is often essential to improve coordination and cooperation among all those involved with a particular patient.

Keywords:

• complex disability
• goals
• organization
• teamwork