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...]

In today's Rehab Strikes Back episode, I'm talking about how we can help our clients realistically assess their progress as they recover... because it's often the case that without our help, our clients tend to overlook just how far they've come. I also speak about what it takes to help our clients set achievable and realistic goals - because often our definition of "realistic and achievable" is very different to how our clients think about progress. Here's how I recommend we get on the same … [Read more...]

We're really excited to share a client success story today - and we hope that this article also serves as a bit of a case study into what can happen when rehab is engaged to get all of the stakeholders involved, communicating and moving towards a common goal. Steve* came to us with a really, really bad infection on his foot. This would impact on anyone's ability to work, but this was especially bad for Steve because he was a delivery driver. Feet are pretty important when it comes to driving. … [Read more...]