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Colchester: Assurance Hospital Can Manage Stroke Care Load

Published March 30, 2013

Colchester: Assurance hospital can manage stroke care load The EADT has launched the Save Our Stroke Services campaign after it emerged that the NHS Midlands and East Stroke Review is considering three options for the future of stroke care in Suffolk – including downgrading services to provide rehabilitation … Read more on East Anglian Daily Times My miracle recovery: Doctors said I had 1% chance of survival but my husband … The surgery went well but later that evening, she suffered a haemorrhage, which resulted in a large stroke. She was rushed back into theatre as fluid had built up in her brain. Paul Maliakal, an interventional neuroradiologist on the medical team that … Read more on Mirror.co.uk Read more... ...

Fugl-Meyer Assessment of Motor Recovery After Stroke

Published February 6, 2013

Fugl-Meyer Assessment of Motor Recovery after Stroke – Occupational Therapist Veronica Rowe performs the assessment at Emory University Oxygen Therapy Spurs Recovery in Some Stroke Patients Physical, speech and occupational therapy can help with recovery in the early weeks and months after a stroke, but many patients still don't fully recover their abilities. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is currently approved in the United States for … Read more on U.S. News & World Report Read more... ...

Aircycle – Improve Circulation and Mobility, Heal Diabetic Ulcers.

Published January 11, 2013

Stroke Survivor Receives Therapy at Home.wmv

Published December 31, 2012

Stroke Survivor Receives Therapy at Home.wmv – Stroke survivor, Steve, received occupational therapy at home after a major stroke incapacitated him 3 months earlier. We enlisted the services of a home health agency that sent therapists to our home to help him learn how to walk and use his arm again. This video shows the exercises the occupational therapist used with Steve. Read more about his stroke recovery at http:/www.strokesurvivorblog.com Read more... ...

City Needs Stroke Unit Says Health Campaigner

Published November 1, 2012

City needs stroke unit says health campaigner Filed under: stroke rehabilitation centres The review covers stroke care for adults from pre-hospital care through to rehabilitation/social care and end of life and aims to improve survival rates and reduce disability. Hyper acute stroke services deal with emergency care within the first 72 … Read more on Worcester News Custom-made rehab helps victims of stroke Filed under: stroke rehabilitation centres The https://pt.wustl.edu/research/FacultyResearch/Pages/NeurorehabilitationResearchLaboratory.aspx%E2%80%9D%E2%80%9D">study is “Dose-Response of Movement Practice During Stroke Rehabilitation.” It's simple: Researchers tailor therapy to the … Read more on STLtoday.com Read more... ...

Sleep Apnea's Double Impact on Stroke

Published October 3, 2012

Sleep Apnea's Double Impact On Stroke Filed under: top stroke rehabil "This innovative Canadian research continues to show that there is more to learn about rehabilitation and recovery following stroke. Reflecting these advances in tools such as the Best Practices Recommendations for Stroke Care will help improve … Read more on Medical News Today The Scientific 'Antiques Roadshow': Hidden Tech-Driven Gems Make America a … Filed under: top stroke rehabil Read more... ...

Gaps in Stroke Service

Published September 23, 2012

... in stroke service Filed under: stroke physiotherapy rehabilitation The service in Marlborough lacks rehabilitation teams, proper dysphagia or swallow assessments for patients and an efficient referral system between GPs and Blenheim's Wairau Hospital to prevent early attacks leading to full-blown strokes. Nelson … Read more on Stuff.co.nz Life and death in the ICU Filed under: stroke physiotherapy rehabilitation It also has a small army of staff: a pharmacist, respiratory therapists, ...