Questions families ask

Yes, and many people do. A block of four to eight weeks, several months at home working the programme, then a second block for reassessment and a new set of goals is a common and sensible pattern. It usually achieves more than one very long stay.

Then that is the first goal. Early mobilisation equipment exists precisely for people who cannot yet tolerate being upright, and building sitting tolerance is a legitimate reason to admit someone rather than a reason to refuse them.

This depends on the centre and the level of support required. It is one of the questions the physician answers when the records are reviewed, before travel is arranged — not after.

Interpreting during therapy sessions and physician review is arranged where it is needed. Which languages are available at which centre is confirmed in writing before you travel, because a therapy hour conducted through guesswork is not a therapy hour.

Discharge is against criteria set at the start, not against a date. The criteria include what the patient can do and what the companion can do — and if the companion training is not finished, the criteria are not met.