We evaluate the impact of vocational rehabilitation services on employment outcomes of adults with physical disabilities. Using detailed panel data from the Virginia Department of Rehabilitation Services (DARS) in State Fiscal Year 2000, we estimate a structural model of participation that accounts for the potentially sudden onset of physical impairments and the endogenous selection of VR servi...

Definition of vocational rehabilitation: Vocational rehabilitation is defined as a multidisciplinary process whereby those disadvantaged by illness or disability can be enabled to access, maintain or return to employment. The major components of vocational rehabilitation are: – Legal framework for practice The UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities (2008) has eight guiding pri...

BACKGROUND Depression and anxiety are among the largest contributors to the global burden of disease and have negative effects on both the individual and society. Depression and anxiety are very likely to influence the individual's work ability, and up to 40% of the people on sick leave in Denmark have depression and/or anxiety. There is no clear evidence that treatment alone will provide suffi...

This report analyzes the importance of sociodemographic factors in the effect of rehabilitation services on the employment and earnings of disabled persons after their cases were closed by State vocational rehabilitation agencies in fiscal year 1971. The analysis is based on information about personal characteristics and on 1972 employment and earnings data for all such cases in the linked reco...

OBJECTIVE A vocational rehabilitation program (occupational therapy and supported employment) for promoting the return to the community of long-stay persons with schizophrenia was established at a psychiatric hospital in Japan. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the program in terms of hospitalization rates, community tenure, and social functioning with each individual serving as his or h...

Work is an important social role. A disability can interfere with a person's work abilities and opportunities at any age. Unfortunately, the older population has received disproportionately little attention in rehabilitation, particularly in vocational rehabilitation. This is true, in spite of the fact that there is a growing population of older persons, with a high prevalence of disability. Wh...

The Vocational Rehabilitation Association greatly welcomes the recent editorial by Professor Harrison [1]. As a multiprofessional body, we welcome the recognition that many professions are able to contribute to improved functional outcomes (including in work) for those disadvantaged through ill-health, physical or mental impairments [2]. We believe that those practising vocational rehabilitatio...

INTRODUCTION The importance of work or productive activity for the well-being, community integration, and quality of life of people living with disabilities is addressed, with implications for life care planning and case management. BACKGROUND The role of work or productive activity in our society, and consequences of deprivation if rehabilitation services do not address vocational effects of...

Background Vocational rehabilitation is a multi-professional service provided to individuals of working age with health-related impairments, limitations or restrictions within work functioning. The primary aim of such a service is to optimise work participation in spite of illness or activity limitations1. In occupational therapy, concern with functional ability and purposeful activity are uniq...