This report has been prepared to share information about rapid response services for older people, to encourage the identification and adoption of good practice and to give people the opportunity to learn from the experiences of others. It draws on information shared at a workshop held by the Rehabilitation Programme Team at the King's Fund in February 2000 as well as information from the literature. The focus of the workshop was on teasing out those aspects of service planning and organisation that are important if service users are to be offered rehabilitation. The report contains: a brief statement of where rapid response fits in the government's policy agenda; key themes and issues that emerged from workshop discussions; some useful references; and details of specific services, encompassing a range of service models, in the form of the overhead projector transparencies by service providers at the workshop.