Physical Health Italy Project #58992

Home rehabilitation for 50 child with brain tumor

by IRENE ODV

Project Report | May 29, 2023
2022 summary report

By Patrizio Fausti | Project Leader

Brain tumors are the first cause of death in children, yet they have a better chance of being cured than adults. Unfortunately, the treatments often leave important disabilities that require early and intensive rehabilitation, which exploits the plasticity of the central nervous system of children, but which the public health service rarely offers.

The project objectives:

provide home rehabilitation services to children being treated for brain tumors at the Bambino Gesu Pediatric Hospital (neuromotor rehabilitation, speech and dysphagia therapy);

The result for the year 2022:

504 home physiotherapy services;
145 home speech therapy services;
for 39 pediatric patients.

The key features of this project are:

the integration between the hospital specialist team and the home assistance and rehabilitation team,
the early management of the patient who receives services appropriate to his stage of the disease,
"real" integration of social and health services in a single team for the medical, rehabilitation, psychological, welfare.

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