Tips For Care During Rehabilitation

• Be Patient

Rehabilitation can be a slow and frustrating process so you must be patient. Do not worry if certain days bring little or no progress.

• Be Positive

The person you are caring for really needs constant encouragment and praise at this time. Try and ensure spirits are raised

• Balance your help

Try and be conscious of whilst helping allowing the person to gain independance and confidence by doing things themselves.

• Set a daily routine

Have a routine that has set periods in the day where exercises are practised and skills learnt

• Make time for yourself

To make your care as effective as it can be, make time to see your own friends and carry out your own hobbies

• Seek rehabilitation in the community

Help is available and we encourage you to use it. It can be an invaluable source of advice or just providing someone to talk to who understands. You can turn to

• Stroke Clubs
• Your GP
• The Stroke Associations rehabilitation and support services available in some areas
• Social workers
• Therapists

Social workers and therapists will be able to assess a persons need for mobility aids, home adaptations and specialist equipment to manage tasks at home.

Family and friends are very important at this time and their help and support can be invaluable

• Help practise exercises between therapy sessions
• provide emotional support, keeping the person as motivated as possible towards their long term goals
• Adapt to the persons new needs. You may be required to speak slower or to use gestures to help them understand
• Learn how to deal with difficuly situations such as what you should do if the person has a fall