The RCA continues to advance its Specialized Rehab initiative, which is informing system-level planning to support equitable access to specialized rehabilitative care across Ontario. The initiative is examining specialized rehabilitation services for selected populations, including acquired brain injury, amputee, pulmonary, and inpatient stroke rehabilitation. Building on the completion of a provincial guidance document and a […]

The Specialized Rehab Task Group continues to explore where specialized rehab programs/services currently exist, and where future inpatient and outpatient “hubs,” as well as local “spokes,” could ideally be located. These efforts build upon previous and current activities to lay the foundation for a hub-and-spoke model, including the development of key principles for this model, […]

The Specialized Rehab Task Group is working to develop a common set of key principles that will guide a Hub and Spoke model for specialized rehab. When finalized, the model will ultimately be used to locate the “hubs” and “spokes,” as well as outline their respective accountabilities. Next steps include analyzing data to identify access […]