April 27, 2024, 05:00
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Due to the war that Russia started, the number of people with disabilities in Ukraine is rapidly growing. They need rehabilitation. Right to Defense lawyers explained what an individual rehabilitation program is and how to get it.
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An individual rehabilitation program for a person with a disability (IRP) is a set of optimal types, forms, volumes, and timing of rehabilitation measures with a determination of the order and location of their implementation, aimed at restoring and compensating for impaired or lost body functions and the abilities of a particular person to perform the types of activities specified in MSEC recommendations.
An individual rehabilitation program is mandatory for implementation by government agencies, enterprises, institutions and organizations.
The types and volumes of necessary social protection are provided in the form of an individual program of medical, social and labor rehabilitation and adaptation.
IPR is:
MSEC – for adults with disabilities; Medical Advisory Commission (MAC) of medical and preventive institutions at the registered place of residence or treatment – for children with disabilities.
The IPR is developed with the participation of the person or his legal representative within a month from the date of such person’s application to MSEC or VKK. It consists of two copies: one is given to the person who applied, the second remains in the MSEC or VKK.
IPR is drawn up in the form approved by order of the Ministry of Health dated October 8, 2007 No. 623.
Who needs IPR
persons with disabilities who are employed; persons with disabilities to undergo annual measures to maintain health and improve their health; a child who needs to be involved in the educational process requires an individual development program in training or education (school, kindergarten); persons with disabilities for restoration and compensation of impaired or lost body functions in medical and rehabilitation institutions.
Let us remind you what is needed to establish disability. This is considered to be a person with a persistent disorder of body functions caused by a disease, a consequence of injuries or congenital defects, which leads to limitation of life activities and the need for social assistance and protection.
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