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Life after stroke let’s make it happen!

Life after stroke let’s make it happen!. Community Stroke Rehabilitation Team. Presentation Outline Who and where we are How we interface with clients in the community How we collaborate with others Contact process Questions. Who We Are. Specialized expertise Post-hospital rehab

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Life after stroke let’s make it happen!

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  1. Life after stroke let’s make it happen!

  2. Community Stroke Rehabilitation Team Presentation Outline • Who and where we are • How we interface with clients in the community • How we collaborate with others • Contact process • Questions

  3. Who We Are • Specialized expertise • Post-hospital rehab • Integrated, individualized care • System navigation • Care giver support • Consultation and education

  4. Who We Are • 3 Teams serving Thames Valley, Huron Perth, and Grey Bruce regions • Comprehensive group of rehabilitation professionals: Nursing, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Social Work, Speech Language Pathology, Therapeutic Recreation, and Rehabilitation Therapy

  5. How We Interface with Clients • Our program is designed to help stroke survivors who are no longer in hospital to reach their rehabilitation goals. • A stimulating environment promotes greater functional recovery. • Our team focuses on helping people return to activities that are important to them and/or helps them discover new meaningful activities.

  6. How We Interface with Clients • We deliver stroke rehabilitation to clients and caregivers in their own community. • This means providing education and therapy in a variety of community settings: • Private residences • Long term care Homes • Community centers

  7. How We Interface with Clients • Education, coaching and developing problem solving skills: improve quality of life, lessen care giver burden, and reduce stroke risk factors. • Ontario Government’s Aging at Home Strategy to help seniors live healthy, independent lives in their own homes.

  8. How We Collaborate with Others • We provide education and consultation to other service providers on how to better care for stroke survivors. • Tips and Tools, clinic days, consultation • Support groups: Living with Stroke, Stroke Recovery Association partnership, LHSC/SJHC joint support group

  9. How We Collaborate with Others • Ongoing synergy between CSRT and other community agencies, e.g. CCAC • Coordinated effort, not duplication or elimination • Working together for efficient use of resources: • More people can be served – increase capacity for existing programs • Decreased wait times for existing services

  10. Contact Process • Karen Heys, Team Assistant • 519-685-4292 x 45034 • She can link you with the appropriate team member, based on the nature of your inquiry (e.g., RN, SW, OT, PT, SLP, TRS)

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