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Stroke Therapy and Rehabilitation: BJTR/Hospital Medicine Monograph (British Journal of Nursing (BJN) Monograph)
Stroke Therapy and Rehabilitation BJTR/Hospital Medicine Monograph Monograph - British Journal of Nursing BJN Author:Richard White This text focuses on community rehabilitation. It has a multi-disciplinary approach and includes an up-todate review of medical developments in understanding and treating stroke. Chapters cover: management of stroke & acute, rehabilitation and long-term care; stroke & the national guidelines; evidence-based guidelines for early stroke managemen... more »t; stroke community rehabilitation; stroke rehabilitation & the quality of care and levels of staff training; community stroke rehabilitation & a model of good practice; what makes stroke units effective; post-stroke physiotherapy in context; post-stroke depression; assessment and management of dysphagia; research in practice & managing swallowing difficulties after stroke; enabling people with aphasia to discuss quality of life; care of residents with post-stroke communication problems; education in stroke & strategies to improve stroke patient care; cognitive impairments following a stroke & the strain on caregivers; and community support after stroke & patient and carer views.« less