Thank you for your post. I enjoyed reading and learning from your insight. You were clear on the fact that discharge planning should start the moment therapy begins. This may sound silly for some people that do not understand the concept, but, once you are trained in how the process of therapy works, it actually makes a lot of sense, because people go to therapy with the aim of resolving an issue, fixing something they don't like, to overcome a barrier, etc, and starting with the end in mind is already a step closer to success, is knowing that you will succeed, that you will win, that you will overcome and you will get through, so checking the progress and seeing how close we are to the end goal, is motivating, is keeping one accountable, and is reassessing to see if the direction is going well or if corrections need to happen, also, understanding what will happen once discharge, as you said, prevents readmission, prevent relapse and gives the piece of mind for the client to know that they can go back if needed for continuity of care