Three months after a hemiplegic stroke, a 60-year-old man is trained in feeding and dressing techniques, provided a walking aid, and his home is modified with grab rails so he can function independently despite residual weakness. This intervention represents which mode of intervention?

• A Disability limitation
• B Rehabilitation ✓
• C Early diagnosis and treatment
• D Health promotion

Explanation

Rehabilitation is the combined and coordinated use of medical, social, educational and vocational measures for training the disabled person to the maximum functional capacity. Training in activities of daily living, provision of assistive devices and environmental modification are its hallmark interventions applied after residual deficit has occurred. Disability limitation acts earlier, during the active disease phase, to halt progression toward impairment, which distinguishes it from the post-deficit training described here.

Reference: Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 27th ed.

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