Identification of rehabilitation needs after a stroke: an exploratory study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Services to meet adequate rehabilitation needs of elderly stroke survivors are not always provided. Indeed, since 1995, in the wake of the Quebec shift to ambulatory care, home care services, mainly those related to rehabilitation of the elderly, are either unavailable or incomplete. The aim of this study was to examine the rehabilitation needs of this clientele from their hospitalization to their reintegration into the community.

Methods

The "Handicap Production Process" conceptual approach was chosen to help identify the rehabilitation needs of persons affected by physical or cognitive disabilities due to the interactions between personal and environmental factors, and (activities of daily living, social roles). This qualitative exploratory study was performed i

SUBMITTER: Talbot LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC524186 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature