Stroke rehabilitation award for Timaru Hospital staff

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Stroke rehabilitation award for Timaru Hospital staff

The Timaru Hospital's assessment treatment and rehabilitation (AT&R) unit has gained a national award for its efficiency and effectiveness in treating stroke patients and getting them back home.

The Australasian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre (AROC) award certificate for best outcomes in stroke rehabilitation for 2019 arrived in the mail on Monday.

Nurses, a charge nurse manager, a clinical nurse specialist, a specialist physician and a physiotherapist are all on the team working towards the same goals of the patient learning to cope with their disabilities in their home environment and having quality of life. 

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The Timaru Hospital AT&R team leaders that won the Best Outcomes in Stroke Rehabilitation award from the Australasian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre this week are from left, charge nurse manager Joel Sanchez, specialist physician healthy ageing and rehabilitation Eric Bindewald, physiotherapist Sonya Veale and clinical nurse specialist health ageing and stroke Julian Waller.

Physiotherapist Sonya Veale said when it came to strokes every moment mattered so efficiency was important. 

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"Out of all the New Zealand rehabilitation services we have achieved the best functional outcomes getting them back to their own home environment in the shortest amount of time. This means they are managing more for themselves and getting home quicker."