Purple Co Through the Ages: 8 Years of Change

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I still remember the moment I was on the phone to my Mum some 8 years ago when we were tossing around possible names for this new business. At the time I did not know that Purple Co was going to become the consulting service it is, nor did I understand the influence we would have. What Mum helped me to understand is that I loved people, and I really enjoyed helping people to reconnect to purpose. And so Purple Co was born: the Purpose for People Company. (Many people think that Purple Co is … [Read more...]

Are your habits interrupting your ability to do good rehab?

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Having delivered training to Rehabilitation Consultants in this industry for many years, I continue to be amazed at the seemingly simple things that get missed in the pursuit of doing the job at hand. One of those things that appears to get missed is actually understanding the referral and what's really being asked of us as consultants. Things like... ·        Why is this person being referred? ·        What does this person know about why they are being referred? ·        What has … [Read more...]

Adversarial Rehabilitation. Does it have to be this way?

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In preparing to meet my brand new client, I had read through all of the documentation that the insurer had sent me; I was clear on their brief – help this man get back to work in a new job. I understood, from paper what his illness experience has been to date, and had some idea of what his skills for new employment might look like. He was pleasant to speak to on the phone; he appeared motivated and interested in meeting with me and asked what he could bring. Of course, I suggested he bring a … [Read more...]

You know you’re onto a winning rehab strategy when…

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Following on from my post last week about defining good rehab – I want to start a conversation this week about how good rehab can look and feel different. Good rehab requires many things, but at the core we learned that good rehab requires: · Doing the right thing at the right time · Collaboration with all key parties throughout the process · Building of trust When these core elements are present we have the foundation for creating a process of transformation with our clients. … [Read more...]

Case Study: What Good Rehab Really Looks Like

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I have recently finished working with a rehabilitation client. After 2 years of sickness and fatigue she is now back at work in a variety of freelance capacities. However, when she first came to me, she was fraught with difficulties: she had very little understanding of her conditions, of her functional capacity and seemed unwilling to accept that she had a 2 year benefit period that was fast approaching its end. We had a musculoskeletal diagnosis, a mental health diagnosis and a fatigue … [Read more...]

The Purple Co Snapshot – Here’s What We’ve Been Up To Lately…

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Over the past 6 months we've been keeping busy with an incredible range of clients. Here's just a handful of people we've helped... A young man with Bipolar Disorder A financial services professional with PTSD A gentleman with Adjustment Disorder Clients with Bowel and Breast Cancer (in remission) And clients with... Sigmoid Colitis Basilar Migraine Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome Depression & Substance Dependence Somatoform Disorder And here's a … [Read more...]

What is Good Rehab in 2017?

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What is Good Rehab? Where does Good Rehab start and who is responsible for Good Rehab? I am sure that these are questions many rehabilitation professionals have been pondering since time began. How do we know if Rehab is Good? We all know that Rehab and RTW - with the way it currently looks today, with how it so often operates in it's own silo - isn't working. We have so much evidence telling us that a truly integrated approach to recovery rehabilitation and rehabilitation is … [Read more...]

#StoryTime – Because Good Rehab is About Doing the Right Thing, at the Right Time

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Good Rehabilitation (recovery and RTW)  is about knowing the right thing to do at the right time.  Good rehabilitation professionals will step outside of the “process” and help the key influencers understand what the right step is, at the right time. When coupled with collaboration and accountability this is when Good Rehabilitation becomes powerful and transformative. Let me explain what I mean by the right thing at the right time... Melissa (not her real name) was in the final 4 months … [Read more...]

Case Study: Helping Executives And Professionals Return to Work After Illness or Injury

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At Purple Co, we often are referred clients who, before their injury or illness, would have been classed as executives, C-suite professionals, or senior managers. These are people who typically have decades of experience and a significant amount of subject matter expertise. Placing these clients in new roles can be difficult, because it's really hard to go from being sick or unwell right back into the same high-paced, high-pressure type of role that they were in before they became ill. And … [Read more...]

New Research into Managing Fatigue Conditions: What Works?

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Fatigue conditions are becoming increasingly prevalent in income protection claims. At Purple Co, we've developed the Fatigue Management Program to address this growing need - which means we're constantly on the watch for new research and insight into how we can be serving our clients better. Recently, we came across a presentation (source below) published in the American Association of Occupational Therapy. The authors looked at the effectiveness of a one-on-one fatigue management program … [Read more...]




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