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Right rehab, right time
Early rehab and joined-up pathways from critical care to community and home.
Stroke1 NovWhile a lack of provision in stroke rehabilitation is failing to capitalise on the significant improvements to acute treatment over the last decade, the advent of Integrated Care Systems presents an opportunity to redress this imbalance, says Mike Farrar, former chief executive of the NHS Confederation
Right rehab, right time27 SepThe best neuro care and rehabilitation depends upon expert clinicians working together as one team, with one common goal to improve people’s care and quality of life. Here, we learn how Elysium Neurological’s EveryExpert approach to neuro care and rehabilitation is helping to achieve positive outcomes for the individuals they support.
Stroke27 AprAfter a life-changing event such as a stroke or the onset of most neurological, orthopaedic and paediatric conditions, physical rehabilitation is key to people restoring their quality of life.
In the hospital setting, individuals should receive gold standard rehab treatment required to allow them to be discharged. But upon returning home, they are faced with the harsh reality of, largely, learning to look after themselves and the challenges that come with it, along with readjusting to maintain central aspects of their lives before their stroke, such as relationships, finances, careers and other responsibilities.
Neurophysiotherapy19 MarEarly intervention neurophysiotherapy can be vital in maximising outcomes for patients after stroke, new research has found.
Following ischaemic stroke, researchers found that the capacity of the human brain to recover and rewire itself peaks after around two weeks. And it is during those crucial early stages, when the brain has a greater capacity to modify its neural connections and its plasticity is increased, when neurophysiotherapy can deliver optimum impact. “It is during this early period after stroke that any physiotherapy is going to be most effective because the brain is more responsive to treatment,” says Dr Brenton Hordacre, lead author of a study conducted in London and Australia.
Interviews25 AugLorraine Currie has watched her daughter recover from a serious brain injury and go on to exceed her expectations. She tells NR Times what it’s been like to see her daughter’s slow recovery.
When she was just 17 years old, Grace was hit by a car as she crossed a small village road after finishing college. She suffered a severe head injury and was resuscitated twice at scene. After being taken to Shrewsbury hospital, her only hope was to be transferred to Stoke hospital, which is a regional trauma centre, who accepted Grace even though it didn’t have a bed.
