101 Professionals’ perspectives of a Challenging Rehabilitation Environment Theme 1.5: Involving Client System The client system can be seen as fellow practitioners in the rehabilitation process, but staff must guard against overburdening the informal caregiver. One nurse and lecturer explained: I do think it’s important that the family caregiver has a place and is a natural part of the whole. I also think it’s very important that we are aware that, from the family caregiver’s perspective, there is no end to it. To be able to involve the informal caregivers in the rehabilitation, communication is a key aspect. As an elderly care physician and researcher said: What I also see a lot ... is that even for family caregivers it is often unclear what they should expect. What the approach will be and what the goal of the rehabilitation ward is. In addition to everything we have already said, I think that explaining and providing information is also an important part of the rehabilitation climate. Theme 1.6: Nutrition The nutritional status of a rehabilitant partly determines their workload capacity. So, attention to a protein-rich diet with the most common products possible is important. One elderly care physician mentioned the importance of nutrition: Nutritional status is another one. Yes, it’s getting more attention now, but it has been underexposed for a very long time I think. And also the link with people sometimes just being too tired to eat properly. And I’m not even talking about the quality and how tasty it is, so to speak. Theme 1.7: Technology Technology develops very fast and contributes to safe and challenging rehabilitation. Currently, eHealth is not often used in the GR, but as one nurse practitioner summarized: Well, it has a lot of potential, but the tricky thing is, there are so many applications. Remember you are dealing with elderly people who have difficulty 4
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