Aging, losing one’s bearings, living with a disability… These are situations that create fragility. Society often speaks of prevention or curative care, but rarely of rehabilitation. Yet rehabilitation is the approach that transforms fragility into autonomy.
When I visit an elderly person living alone or a disabled person at home, I am not there to prescribe a treatment or establish a diagnosis. I am there to identify fragilities, to coordinate appropriate responses, and to ensure that each person can continue to live fully. This is rehabilitation according to the WHO: a set of interventions that connects medicine, social support, and human care.
I am Christophe Delong, autonomy coordinator at Jamacare. I may have left the hospital, but I have never left rehabilitation. Today, I practice it in the field, working alongside caregivers, social workers, and family doctors. Together, we bring this fourth pillar of health to life, right in people’s homes.
Join Jamacare in this vision where every fragility can be transformed into strength through rehabilitation.