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rehabilitation program

rehabilitation program

5 3.4
A planned course of treatment to help someone recover after illness, injury, or addiction
  • noun
  • /ˌriːəˌbɪlɪˈteɪʃən ˈprɒɡræm/
  • US
translation icon : programa de rehabilitación
  • After his accident, he enrolled in a rehabilitation program to regain his strength and mobility.
  • cardiac rehabilitation program
  • psychiatric rehabilitation programs
  • drug rehabilitation program

Examples

  • Several respondents recommended that rehabilitation programs have a preadmission orientation for their patients.

    Academic text (1993)
  • All three men expressed great satisfaction with the one-week rehabilitation program.

    Academic text (2008)
  • We run a specific rehabilitation program in this hospital.

  • Home care has become a valuable and necessary part of many rehabilitation programs.

    Academic text (1994)
  • This kid here, Louis Montana, is he part of your drug rehabilitation program?

  • At many facilities, they must also participate in institutional rehabilitation programs in order to improve their custody status.

    Academic text (1990)
  • As expected, Senior Games participants, who start at age 55, and cardiac rehabilitation program participants were older.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The person with CBP has much to gain through an aggressive rehabilitation program.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Each man participated in a one-week pilot intensive low vision rehabilitation program.

    Academic text (2008)
  • This is part of Warden Rudolph Hazen's progressive rehabilitation program.

Synonyms

rehabilitation
vsrehabilitation program
  • Specialized
23 4.0

Help to make someone's body move and work again after injury or illness

is a formal course of treatment rather than a general recovery process
physical rehabilitation
vsrehabilitation program
  • Specialized
1 3.4

A process that helps people get back strength and movement after illness, injury, or disability

covers formal treatment for health and substance issues, not only bodily recovery
therapeutic rehabilitation
vsrehabilitation program
  • Specialized
1 4.8

Treatment that helps people regain movement and daily skills after illness or injury

is a formal course of therapy rather than a general treatment process
reconditioning
vsrehabilitation program
  • Specialized
1 4.8

To restore muscle strength and movement by exercise after injury

uses broader treatment and formal structure beyond exercise alone
vocational rehabilitation
vsrehabilitation program
1 5.3

Help that teaches job skills so people with disabilities can get or return to work

focuses on restoring health and abilities rather than mainly teaching work skills
rehabilitation camp
vsrehabilitation program
4.1

A program where people receive therapy to regain strength and movement after injury or illness

is a formal course of treatment rather than a residential stay
vocational rehabilitation program
vsrehabilitation program
4.4

A program that helps people with disabilities learn job skills to find work

focuses on restoring health and abilities rather than only job skills
physical restoration
vsrehabilitation program
  • Specialized
4.1

Care that helps someone regain movement and strength after an injury

is a formal therapy course focused on broader health recovery

Antonyms

100 3.5

Not caring for someone or something that needs care

How Intensive

inpatient
16 3.9
rehabilitation program
  • US
5 3.4
outpatient
  • Specialized
41 4.1
support group
66 2.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

rehabilitation + program

The meaning is directly compositional: 'rehabilitation' denotes therapeutic work to regain abilities and 'program' denotes an organized course, so together they clearly refer to an organized course of therapeutic treatment. This NP modification pattern is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Rehabilitation program comes from rehabilitation, which means 'making someone able again', and program, which means a planned set of steps. Think of a broken machine being fixed step by step; so the phrase means a planned course of treatment to restore a person's health or abilities.