Detailed description
As a person with disabilities or at risk of becoming disabled, you are entitled to medical rehabilitation (REHA). REHA is intended to prevent, eliminate, reduce or compensate for disabilities, including chronic illnesses. REHA is intended to improve your quality of life. REHA helps you to avoid limitations in your ability to work and the need for care. REHA is intended to help you, if possible, to return to work or continue to work in a job and not to be dependent on social benefits.
To apply for REHA, contact your health insurance provider.
Medical rehabilitation services include:
- Treatment by doctors, dentists and other health professionals, including instruction in developing one's own healing powers
- Early detection and early intervention for children with disabilities and children at risk of disability
- medicines and dressings
- Remedies including physical, speech and occupational therapy
- psychotherapy
- aids
- stress testing and work therapy
In case of disability or chronic illness:
- Medical, psychological and educational assistance, insofar as these services are required in individual cases
- Aids to support the processing of illness and disability
- Help to activate self-help potential
- Information and advice for partners and relatives as well as for superiors and colleagues, if the beneficiaries agree
- Providing contacts to local self-help and counseling opportunities
- Help for psychological stabilization and for promoting social competence, including through training in social and communication skills and in dealing with crisis situations