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Since its establishment in 1979 as a small resource centre for assistive technology, Rehabaid Society has undergone three decades of steadfast growth into a multi-unit organization comprising the main Rehabaid Centre, the Rotary Rehabaid Centre for Children, Mobile Rehabaid Centre and the Environmental Advisory Service, providing a comprehensive spectrum of services to people with special needs, their carers, the public as well as health care and social welfare providers. Based in the community, we act as the bridge between hospitals and the community, complementing each partyˇ¦s role and closing the operational gaps between them, with the ultimate objectives to support early discharge, minimize readmissions, as well as facilitate establishment of an inclusive environment and successful community integration of people with special needs.
Behind the success of Rehabaidˇ¦s development is not only the dedication to optimizing the quality of life of people with special needs, but also the courage to lead innovations in the fields of rehabilitation, wellness enhancement and assistive technology. Understanding that the best help to offer is to help others help themselves, we have been a tireless facilitator to people with special needs, assisting them to make the best use of their residual abilities to overcome existing limitations, thereby taking charge of their own health, acquiring optimal independence, leading a meaningful life and living with dignity.
In carrying out its unique vision, Rehabaid has pioneered the ˇ§one-stop, three throngedˇ¨ approach in rehabilitation: we are an unprecedented one-stop hub for rehabilitation which brings specialized rehabilitation, assistive technology resource service, as well as health care education and training all under one roof. Moreover, we have sought to lead the way in moving from the traditional model of health care services ˇV based on care for the sick ˇV to the more holistic concept of wellbeing, which embraces physical, psychological as well as social aspects of health. Here at Rehabaid, clients do not only receive specialized rehabilitation services, but will also learn to use assistive technology appropriately to aid reintegration, and be empowered with the knowledge of wellness enhancement for better prevention and management of diseases and disabilities. We also organize workshops and publish booklets and videos regularly to educate the public as well as to train service providers, in order to support the service delivery of other health care and social welfare organizations.
In keeping with the spirit to give and share empowering knowledge for health promotion and community reintegration of people with special needs, we have launched Rehabaid's Multilingual Website on Healthy Living in 2004 in English, traditional Chinese and simplified Chinese, which, in addition to having a very extensive database on technical aids and building materials for people with disabilities, contains a wealth of information on rehabilitation, wellness enhancement and healthy lifestyles.
We hope that our website will serve as an interactive platform for the international promotion and exchange of health and rehabilitation ideas and experience, and that it will draw the world closer together, reaching even those who have otherwise little access to rehabilitation news. We welcome any input of related information and/or proposals for collaboration from you via the web.
Let us join hands to build an inclusive environment and a better tomorrow!
Kimberley Kwong
Chairman
Rehabaid Society
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