BDH Federal Association for Rehabilitation

The BDH Bundesverband Rehabilitation e. V. is a non-profit social association . Originally it was war invalids who joined forces in the BDH, the Association of German Brain Wounded Warriors. V. An organization for people with disabilities developed from the Association of War Disabled .

history

Emblem of the Association of Brain Injured Persons after the First World War. It was also worn as a badge on clothing.

After the First World War , on February 18, 1920, people with brain injuries founded the Association of German Brain Wounded Warriors in Bavaria in Munich . V. This was followed by comparable organizations in the other countries of the German Reich . In 1927 the clubs in Frankfurt am Main merged. The Association of German Brain Wounded Warriors was founded. V. During the time of National Socialism there was no self-help work. After the Second World War , on December 16, 1945, the Association of Brain-Wounded War Victims and Labor Victims was formed in Bonn . He continued the self-help work by offering rehabilitation in his own clinics . As a result, a nationwide network of clinics and district associations developed. In 1974 the name of the association was changed to Bund Deutscher Hirngeschädigte (BDH) . From 1994 this was called the BDH Federal Association for Rehabilitation and Representation of the Interests of the Disabled . In 2008 the association was named BDH Bundesverband Rehabilitation .

Members

In particular, include brain damage , victims of war , military service, Damaged , labor and accident victims , paraplegics , survivors and social pensioners to the BDH.

Field of activity

The BDH offers outpatient and inpatient rehabilitation. The association provides legal advice and represents members from authorities , insurance companies and instances of social justice . Information on the activities of the BDH can be found in the journal BDH-Magazin published by the association .

Facilities

The BDH clinics offer neurological rehabilitation. The facilities of the Federal Rehabilitation Association include the BDH Clinic Elzach , the BDH Clinic Greifswald and the BDH Clinic Hessisch Oldendorf as well as two other clinics in Braunfels and Vallendar , as well as the BDH Therapy Center Ortenau in Gengenbach . The Bruder Klaus Hospital in Waldkirch has also been part of the association as the BDH Clinic Waldkirch since April 1, 2019 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Thomas Urbach: Bruder-Klaus-Hospital becomes BDH-Klinik Waldkirch. In: rkk-klinikum.de. Retrieved April 8, 2019 . 

Web links

• BDH Bundesverband Rehabilitation e. V. , accessed on October 26, 2016.