What are rehabilitative and habilitative services?

• A. Rehabilitative services focus on employment training.
• B. Emergency transport services.
• C. Services designed to help individuals regain or improve skills and functioning for daily living.
• D. Palliative care services.

Answer: (C)

Rehabilitative and habilitative services focus on restoring or developing the abilities needed for daily living through therapies and training. Rehabilitative services aim to regain lost functions after an illness or injury—such as physical therapy to improve mobility, occupational therapy to relearn daily tasks, or speech therapy to enhance communication. Habilitative services, on the other hand, help individuals acquire new skills they did not have before, like a child learning to walk or speak, or an adult learning self-care tasks. The shared purpose is to improve daily functioning and independence, which is why these services are described as helping individuals regain or improve skills and functioning for daily living. Emergency transport and palliative care aren’t about restoring or acquiring daily living skills, and while employment training can be part of broader rehab, it isn’t the defining focus.