Rehamanager - a new profession and its role in the process of comprehensive rehabilitation.

An individual, comprehensive, and coordinated rehabilitation plan for a person who has become disabled should be a standard in the process of recovery and possible fitness. The plans are a kind of checklist of actions that should be taken to provide a person with a disability with appropriate care throughout the entire period of therapy. These documents are created by specialists in the management of comprehensive rehabilitation of the so-called rehammanagers. Representatives of this new profession can be helpful in the work of doctors, physiotherapists, and other specialists in the health system. They are also a response to the needs of people with disabilities, including patients with rare diseases, at risk of social exclusion and often lost in the system. Rehamanager is a coordinator of activities for the patient during the entire treatment process, sometimes for many years. His task is to facilitate contact with the medical team, explain problems related to therapy, and inform about rights, cash benefits, and social organizations acting for a given group of patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]