Patient Preference for Community-based Rehabilitation Programs after Stroke

Evidence-based community stroke rehabilitation.

S urvival after stroke initially can depend on the acute phase of specialist hospital care; however, the greatest impact on patient health and well-being is from the long-term consequences faced when stroke survivors leave the hospital. Optimal recovery requires the provision of coordinated specialist rehabilitation, not only in the early stages of returning home but also, usually, many months ...

Community-Based Stroke Rehabilitation: Recovery continued?

Stroke rehabilitation: long-term rehabilitation after stroke.

Many stroke survivors, despite improvements in mortality and morbidity, remain dependent on others for everyday activities. People with stroke need access to effective specialist multidisciplinary rehabilitation services that are organised and integrated within the whole system of health and social care. They also commonly come under the care of generalists in various clinical contexts, includi...

Possibilities for rehabilitation after stroke.

The patient's own attitude, activity and social interaction influence functional outcome and quality of life after stroke. Rehabilitation of stroke patients should start as soon as the patient is in a medically stable condition. The concept of early rehabilitation should be provided by an interdisciplinary team, preferably in stroke units. The key of successful rehabilitation is teamwork of the...

Community based rehabilitation after neurologic injury.

Each year 1.7 million people incur a brain injury, nearly 800,000 suffer a stroke, and 12,000 endure a spinal cord injury. While there is often dramatic and early recovery, individuals with neurologic disabilities are often faced with long-lasting effects that continue well beyond acute hospitalization and inpatient rehabilitation, if any. After initial hospitalization, there is often a lengthy...