Rehabilitation is a core component of comprehensive geriatric assessment and should be central to integrated care and support across the whole system. Yet access barriers and ageist practices still prevail within many rehabilitation services. This commentary reflects on a report and recommendations published by the British Geriatrics Society in May 2024. As lead author for the report, I share my personal reflection on the key messages and take this opportunity to thank the multidisciplinary contributors. Reablement, Rehabilitation, Recovery: everyone’s business describes why rehabilitation matters to older people and their caregivers. It provides evidence and examples of practice at different care touchpoints and makes the case that rehabilitation is everyone’s business and knows no boundaries, whether by condition, profession, care setting or taxonomy. The report sets out 12 key actions for health and care systems to deliver effective and integrated rehabilitation as a right for all older people, wherever and whenever they need it. To realise that right, health and care professionals must work together, and with their local community partners, to build capacity and capability for reablement, rehabilitation and recovery across the whole workforce. With population ageing and many more people living with frailty or multimorbidity, there is an urgent need for greater investment in rehabilitation to prevent, delay or reduce disability, caregiver burden and demand for long-term care. This timely BGS report should be essential reading for all who plan, commission, provide or assure health and care services for older people.

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实现康复权——对“康复、康复、恢复：每个人的事”的评论


康复是老年综合评估的核心组成部分，应成为整个系统综合护理和支持的核心。然而，在许多康复服务中仍然存在访问障碍和年龄歧视做法。本评论反映了英国老年医学会于 2024 年 5 月发布的一份报告和建议。作为本报告的主要作者，我分享了我个人对关键信息的看法，并借此机会感谢多学科的贡献者。康复、康复、康复：每个人的业务描述了为什么康复对老年人及其护理人员很重要。它提供了不同护理接触点的实践证据和示例，并表明康复是每个人的事，无论是条件、职业、护理环境还是分类法，都没有界限。该报告提出了卫生和保健系统的 12 项关键行动，以便为所有老年人提供有效和综合的康复权利，无论他们何时何地需要。为了实现这一权利，卫生和保健专业人员必须共同努力，并与当地社区合作伙伴合作，在整个劳动力中建立能力、康复和恢复的能力。随着人口老龄化和越来越多的人患有虚弱或多病共存，迫切需要加大对康复的投资，以预防、延迟或减少残疾、照护者的负担和对长期护理的需求。这份及时的 BGS 报告应该是所有为老年人计划、委托、提供或保证健康和护理服务的人的必读之物。