Care or recovery? Redefining residential rehabilitation.
OBJECTIVE
The principles and practices underpinning a newly established community residential rehabilitation unit are described.


CONCLUSIONS
Residential rehabilitation in mental health has largely operated under the same model of care for 25 years following the closure of the asylums. In keeping pace with the growing recovery movement led by consumers and their carers a new partnership model of care that promotes social inclusion and quality of life was considered desirable.
Head of Community and Rehabilitation Psychiatry, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Sudeep
S
Saraf
Medical Director, Mental Health Clinical Service Unit, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Richard
R
Newton
D001315:Australia; D003155:Community Mental Health Centers; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012114:Residential Treatment
model of care; partnership; residential rehabilitation