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...]

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...]

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...]