Week of June 1, 2016 Vol 51 • No 11 • www.thechicagocitizen.com
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Online Resource Helps Patients Through Their Rehab
NHS East Chatham Revitalization Program Ending Soon The NHS location that services the Chatham and Auburn Gresham community is located at 449 W. 79th St Photo Courtesy of Photo Neighborhood Housing Services By Monique Smith
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n 2007, at the beginning of the housing market crash, neighborhoods that were on the rise soon fell back into despair and declining property values due to the excessive number of foreclosures. People who were invested in the communities they resided in could no longer afford to stay in their homes. While developers took advantage of the opportunity, incomplete rehab projects soon became targets for local thieves or squatters. In other cases, developers who couldn’t sell their properties, often rented out their units to whoever had the cash which sometimes resulted in more criminal activity.
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Not many things in life are certain, but odds are you will unfortunately face at least one health event that requires hospitalization and, following that, rehabilitation. While hospitals provide an array of helpful rehab services, most people prefer to get well in the comfort of their own homes. Although beneficial in the recovery process, home care can also have its own distinct obstacles. Couple that with a patient’s fears and struggles of what’s to come in the weeks and months ahead, and it can create a perfect storm for both patients and caregivers. To help, the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN), a nearly 6,000-member worldwide organization, has created ReSTART Recovery, an online resource that provides information for those who are (or will be) in rehab for everything from strokes to joint replacements to head injuries, and for those who will be caring for them. “My clients have been through acute rehab and are back in their communities,” Susan Wirt, a former president of ARN. “I figure out how they can be well and healthy despite their chronic conditions,” she said. The goal is to get patients who have a disability to a point that they are, once again, as self-sufficient as possible and able to live a full life. To learn more about this resource, go to www. restartrecovery.org.