EDARS care is comparable to the current AT&R inpatient service and is delivered in the patient’s home by a team of senior clinicians across the disciplines of: social work, dietetics, speech-language therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and nursing, and in collaboration with our geriatricians.

Entry Criteria

To be eligible for admission to EDARS patients must fulfil all of the following requirements:

• Be resident within Te Whatu Ora - Waitematā catchment area
• Currently be an inpatient of Te Whatu Ora - Waitematā, this includes regional services such as the Auckland Spinal Rehabilitation Unit
• Be aged 55+ years Māori or Pacific, or 65+ years all other ethnicities
• Have a medical condition that is sufficiently stable to be safely discharged home
• Have the potential to return to safe function following short-term intensive rehabilitation
• Be physically and cognitively able to engage in a short-term intensive rehabilitation programme
• Have a home environment that is conducive to supporting a short-term intensive rehabilitation programme.