This would have really helped me in the first days and weeks in the hospital, rather than telling me nothing. Something to add to the stroke rehab protocol.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21371977
Abstract
Kaufman's observation that the patients' reactions to their impairments and disabilities need to be addressed in stroke rehabilitation has been shown to be an accurate and perceptive statement. In this article, 3 levels of stroke rehabilitation are outlined, and the importance of focusing on the third level (the level of subjective experience) is emphasized. Identification of the patients' subjective experience allows one to understand what is most frustrating to them. After addressing those frustrations, patients are more eager to engage the rehabilitation process. Within the context of this rehabilitation process, helping patients clarify what their subjective or phenomenological state is as it relates to their stroke is crucial in having them not only engage the rehabilitation process, but ultimately find meaning in life in the face of their stroke. This can be a difficult task because patients often do not have the words to clarify what their inner psychological experiences are following a stroke. Helping to provide guidelines for this can result in a meaningful experience for both the patient and the therapists involved in their care.
You weren't told anything? That's shameful. Because of my age, my parents were told instead of me the 1st time. But a few weeks later when I was tranferred to the rehab. center, I was told what happened, what was going on now, and what my rehab. program would be and why.
ReplyDeleteI had to ask my doctor what a CVA was. I was obviously the first person he had seen with my condition considering that NOTHING was told to me about rehabilitation. The conversations were mainly on my warfarin levels and arteries in the brain.
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