Deans' stroke musings: Give stroke survivors better access to post-hospital rehab, CSP urges

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Give stroke survivors better access to post-hospital rehab, CSP urges - England

Wrong, wrong, wrong. Post-stroke rehab only fully works 10% of the time. Learn about cause and effect and stop lots of dead and damaged neurons by figuring out how to stop the neuronal cascade of death. Does no one in stroke have two functioning neurons?
This idea only is good for more employment for physiotherapists, NOT the best solution for survivors.
http://www.csp.org.uk/news/2016/05/16/give-stroke-survivors-better-access-post-hospital-rehab-csp-urges

The CSP is backing a call for a revamped national stroke strategy, after a survey revealed that many people who survive strokes in England lack access to rehabilitation.

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^{A physiotherapist (right) provides rehabilitation to a stroke patient}
Almost one survey respondent in two (45 per cent) said they felt ‘abandoned’ after leaving hospital, according to figures published by the Stroke Association on 17 May. More than 1,100 people took part.
The charity also found that

four in 10 (39 per cent) left hospital without a care plan and returned home without appropriate support in place for their recovery
nearly half (47 per cent) said they were not contacted by a healthcare professional after discharge
four in 10 (39 per cent) did not receive an assessment of their health and social care needs at six months, as recommended by the current national stroke strategy

Karen Middleton, the CSP’s chief executive, said: ‘This survey paints a worrying picture of inadequate care planning and services for stroke survivors.
‘Ensuring stroke survivors have speedy and sufficient access to physiotherapy is an essential part of their recovery, enabling them to regain independence and take an active role in their community, family and workplace.’
She added that it made sense, financially and clinically, to ensure that life-saving treatment was followed-up by life-enhancing rehabilitation.
In light of the survey results, the Stroke Association is calling for the government to update the national stroke strategy for England, which ends in 2017.
To sign the association’s petition for a new stroke strategy, visit www.stroke.org.uk/newera