Rural South Africans' rehabilitation experiences: Case studies from the Northern Cape Province.
Surona J VisagieLeslie SwartzPublished in: The South African journal of physiotherapy (2016)
We theorise that one-on-one therapy is not the solution to the rehabilitation needs of persons with disabilities in remote, rural settings. We recommend a move to community-based rehabilitation and transdisciplinary teamwork supported by family members, community health workers and peer mentors. Therapists are ideally situated to explore the feasibility of such programmes and to pilot them in various communities.