Transitional Care for Seniors After a Stroke
What is transitional care for seniors after a stroke? After a hospital stay, senior citizens often return home to find themselves in a new world. They may feel a little disoriented, and they may have some limitations on what they can do.
We believe that the first two weeks after coming home are crucial to setting an effective path forward. If you’re a senior citizen or caregiver, this is when you should be paying special attention to your senior’s needs.
Here are some tips for making the most of the first two weeks at home:
1) Get them up and moving as soon as possible after coming home from the hospital. Physical activity is important for rehabilitating mobility and strength after stroke patients come home from the hospital. It will also help them with their balance and coordination skills.
2) Focus on range of motion therapy for stroke patients who had limited mobility prior to their stroke. This will help them regain function faster than without range of motion therapy sessions during this time period when they’re most likely going to be doing nothing but sitting around while recovering from their stroke event.
3) Focus on rehabilitating the upper extremities of stroke patients who had paralysis prior to their stroke. These people will likely be starting from scratch when it comes to regaining the use of their arms, hands, and fingers.
4) Focus on endurance training for stroke patients who had severe muscle weakness prior to their stroke. These people will likely be starting from scratch when it comes to regaining the use of their arms, hands, and fingers.
5) Focus on balance training for stroke patients who had difficulty walking prior to their stroke event.
6) Focus on improving strength and coordination in the lower extremities for stroke patients who had difficulty walking prior to their stroke event.
7) Focus on endurance training. Stroke patients who were unable to sit up or stand prior to their stroke event.
8) Improve the range of motion in the wrists and hands of stroke patients who had limited movement prior to their stroke event.
9) Focus on improving strength and coordination in the upper extremities for stroke patients who had difficulty moving their arms before their stroke event.
10) Improve the range of motion in the hips, knees, and ankles for stroke patients who were unable to walk prior to their stroke event.
11) Focus on endurance training for stroke patients with limited mobility prior to their stroke event.
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