Glad it was useful! Publishing something could be really useful I think although I’m not sure on the best approach. Getting involvement from patients could help. And thinking about what the core message is probably useful. There won’t be unanimous views amongst patients or professionals but I’m not sure presenting them all would be the right approach. And although having an explanation of different definitions of the word rehabilitation may be intellectually useful it can tbh feel a bit to some of us like explaining away a problem or telling us we don’t understand. I know that’s not at all the intention but I expect that would be the result if it made up a core of anything published. Providing an alternative approach rather would seem to be useful but I can see the difficulties.
Just on what word to use, I was thinking and brainstorming and words like support, maintain, prevention or possibly optimise came to mind. I did have some better notes but lost them! But it’s hard finding the right word, and I expect as with lots of things the more you say the more people can find something to disagree with.
Not sure if these thoughts are as useful. I can see the problem from my/our perspective quite clearly but not necessarily the solutuon. Even here on the forum while there’s largely agreement that rehabilitation is the wrong word there is a great deal of disagreement on the role of physiotherapists. I think many would like to help if you did try to publish something though, if would find input from the community useful.
