Stroke Recovery: Making rehabilitation decisions
Stroke Recovery
More than two-thirds of stroke survivors receive rehabilitation services after hospitalization. Effective rehabilitation is an essential part of stroke care.
Recovery from stroke can be a lifelong journey depending on the type and severity of the stroke, your age, and your physical condition. Stroke rehabilitation can take place across a whole continuum of post-acute care: inpatient rehab; transitional rehab; skilled nursing; home health; outpatient rehab.
How do you make decisions about stroke rehabilitation? The American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association offers these free guides.
- Making rehabilitation decisions
- Adult stroke rehab and recovery guidelines
- Key recommendations for transitions in care
- Key recommendations for sensory impairment
- Learn more from the American Stroke Association
Stroke Recovery at Allied Services
The goal of stroke rehabilitation is to help you relearn skills you lost when a stroke affected part of your brain. Stroke rehabilitation can help you regain independence and improve your quality of life.
Stroke rehabilitation is an essential part of recovery. Successful stroke recovery depends on multiple factors including:
- the part of the brain the stroke occurred in and the amount of damage it caused
- the age, motivation, and general health of the stroke survivor
- available family and social support; and participation in high-quality neurorehabilitation therapies
