[Requirements for a "rehabilitation law" manual within social regulations from the viewpoint of the administrative practice].

Rehabilitation in Germany falls within the purview of the various branches of the social security and public welfare system, a decentralized approach which has stood the test of time. Notwithstanding, deficits exist primarily due to a lack of up-to-date intersectoral alignment a shortcoming to be remedied by comprising rehabilitation in a separate book of the Social Code. The various social security schemes responsible for rehabilitation are attaching much importance in this context to the linkages with their specific fields of competence as well as their programming latitude being maintained. The demands to be made from an overall perspective relative to a "rehabilitation" book are set out inter alia on the example of social assistance and youth services, on terminological issues, benefit scope, needs coverage, rehabilitation principles and procedures, as well as on cooperation aspects, also clarifying differing views among the branches of our social security and welfare system. A Social Code book on "rehabilitation" should essentially be aimed at focussing the variety of rehabilitative measures in terms of a holistic rehabilitation approach, i.e., to respond to the person's overall needs by overall service provision.