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.

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Stop wasting so many of the lives you save, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy has told the NHS as it launches a new campaign to improve access to community rehabilitation services

Well in stroke access to physiotherapy doesn't really help enough. Only 10% get to almost full recovery. Solve the correct problem, results are horrible, this is just trying to save jobs.  If your results were better stroke survivors could get behind this campaign.
http://www.csp.org.uk/press-releases/2017/10/24/campaign-calls-end-tragedy-wasted-lives
Medical advances and the skill of NHS staff are keeping far more people alive than in the past following potentially fatal injuries and illness.
However, the CSP is warning that too often, patients leaving hospital are unable to access high-quality rehabilitation services to continue their recovery and regain their independence, with devastating consequences for some.
The Stroke Association reported that 45 per cent of stroke survivors feel abandoned when they leave hospital (1).
Meanwhile, just 50 per cent of people with hip fractures were found to have any rehabilitation after leaving hospital, with most waiting more than four weeks (2).
Waiting too long for vital rehabilitation – or missing out entirely - can reverse recoveries and cause lasting damage to a person’s quality of life.
That gap in provision also brings greater pressures for the NHS, as shown by research published earlier this month on the ‘survival effect’ (3).
It showed greater numbers of people kept alive by the NHS, but significantly higher numbers of A&E admissions because of their increased need for support after leaving hospital.
Access to community rehabilitation services also helps people get out of hospital once they are well enough to return home – some 55 per cent of delayed discharges are down to problems arranging ongoing NHS services (4).
The warnings from the CSP coincide with the release of a new short film, called ‘Rehab Matters’, which contrasts the experiences of a patient who receives physiotherapy after leaving hospital with one who misses out (5).
Prof Karen Middleton, chief executive of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, said:
‘The NHS does truly extraordinary things to keep people alive but then too often drops the ball when a person leaves hospital.
‘This is grossly unfair on the patient, who has survived a traumatic ordeal only to discover that they face considerable barriers to making the fullest recovery possible.
‘Too many people are left facing a distressing future dependent on health and social care when access to high-quality rehab could have made an enormous difference to their life.
‘It is a hidden scandal because it takes place in people’s homes, away from the public glare which so often falls on hospital pressures.
‘But it’s one that as a nation we must address to stop the system wasting so many lives for entirely avoidable reasons.’
Surrey resident Iona Price’s mother broke her hip in 2012 and had to wait around 12 weeks for community rehab services.
‘During that time, she had to move into a nursing home and was completely dependent on others for her every need which soon led to depression,’ Iona said.
‘Complete loss of independence aside, I can’t help but think she would have made a much healthier recovery had her access to treatment been timely.
‘The NHS needs to urgently review how community rehab services can be improved and expanded to meet the increasing demand of our ageing population.’
The CSP and other organisations, including Arthritis Research UK and the Stroke Association, have called on the Health Select Committee to launch an inquiry into provision of community-based rehabilitation services.

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