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compensation
The ability of an individual to adapt to & offset limitations or disabilities; for example from stroke to perform a task (or tasks) either using the impaired limb with an adapted (different) approach or using the unaffected limb to perform the task; an approach to rehabilitation in which the patient is taught to adapt to & offset residual disabilities.
Compensation is also a strategy to sustained independence (healthy aging), for example organizing activities of daily living into a set of achievable tasks.
Compensation may also be used in reference to financial compensation
Specific
financial compensation
References
- Geriatric Review Syllabus, 11th edition (GRS11)
Harper GM, Lyons WL, Potter JF (eds)
American Geriatrics Society, 2022