Chronically disturbed children. Studies of the incidence and the care of children who are chronic invalids.

Abstract

During recent years a greater interest in the frequency and care of children who are chronic invalids2 has been taken. Although Sweden possesses many modern facilities for the care of these children, much remains to be done in the area of socio-medical “rearmament”. Perhaps the most important is to assure that all young people, including the group who for different reasons are presently excluded, achieve improved and, above all, proper care. Doubtless in the past there were more “forgotten” and “hidden away” children than at present, owing to the increasing development of child welfare and medical care in Sweden. It is difficult to predict the favorable impact of comprehensive rehabilitation for these children in the community, because therapy progressively is more specialized and specific for many types of defects and injuries. Take, for example,