Leslie Waltke, Chief Wellness Officer at OneVillage, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“Delayed or fragmented rehabilitation may lead to.
- Greater functional decline.
- Increased fall and fracture risk.
- Higher symptom burden.
- More emergency visits and hospitalizations.
- Longer, harder recoveries.
These are not inevitable consequences of cancer treatment.
They are often the result of system design.
When rehabilitation is integrated early and longitudinally, it:
- Preserves function.
- Supports treatment tolerance.
- Reduces downstream utilization.
- Aligns with value-based care goals.
Cancer rehabilitation isn’t an expense to justify.
It’s a strategy to protect outcomes, because if rehabilitation isn’t part of strategic oncology planning… gaps and costs will follow.
If your oncology or rehabilitation program is rethinking how care is delivered in 2026, this is the work we do at the Waltke Cancer Rehabilitation Academy – helping teams integrate cancer rehabilitation earlier, longitudinally, and effectively.”
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