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Written by Bev Greer   
Monday, 30 November 2009 16:00

BGreer

Research at the Stroke Recovery Center has shown that we must continue striving for improvement years after our stroke.

We are now into our third year of research that has been sponsored by the Desert Healthcare District in Palm Springs, CA. Working with the dollars that the District has granted us, we have been able to track the effectiveness of our programming on helping our clients to regain feasible functionality, control over the activities of daily living and maximal independence as they recover abilities to walk, communicate and regain some control over their lives.

 Our research focuses on the benefits that are accrued to the healthcare system as a whole by the client's participation in our program. Since we are a non-clinical program, we look at outcomes and influences as opposed to measuring the improvement in strength, flexibility and the like. We look at what types of things are our client able to do, able to use or types of behaviors that may or may not be influences by the continued improvement our client see as participants here at the Stroke Recovery Center.

We have been able to demonstrate our clients become more independent, fall less and are less likely to use the ER and are more likely to use public transportation. All of these issues support the value to the healthcare system as whole of our program to say nothing of the value to the stroke survivor and his/her family. You can read our detailed research report on this web site. Go to Research on the home page. 

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Comments (2)
  • faten hussein
    HELLO, MY NAME IS FATEN HUSSEIN I'M FROM MILWAUKEE WI I'M WRITTEN U ABOUT MY AUNT WHO JUST HAD A STROKE ABOUT 4 MOUNTHS AGO AND SHE LOST THE FEELING ON ONE SIDE OF HER BODY LIKE HER LEG AND HER HAND AND ONE SAID OF HER FACE. WHEN SHE HAD THE STROKE SHE WASNT IN THE UNITED STATED SHE WAS IN AMAN JORDAN IN A DIFFERNT COUNTRY. SO THE DOCTORS THERE COULDNT HELP HER SO SHE CAME HERE TO THE US. AND I WANT TO KNOW IS IT TO LATE FOR HER TO RECOVER FROM HER STROKE?SHE IS IN BAD SHAPE AND MY FATHER IS WORRIED ABOUT HER ALL SHE DOES IS CRY AND SHE THINKS THAT SHE SHOULDNT HAVE LIVED THROUGH HER STROKE AND DIED...I WANT TO HELP HER WHAT CAN I DO. DO U THINK SHE CAN RECOVER AND START MOVIN HER HAND AND LEG???PLEASE WRITE BACK AS SOON AS U CAN THANK U!!!
  • Beverly Greer
    I am sorry to hear about your Mother and understand how frustrating it can be for her and for you. It does take a long time to recovery - 4 months is still pretty early in the process. Your Mom is battling with depression that is very common after strokes but if she can find a group to join and maybe get some therapy, she may be able to work through that and start to cope with her deficiencies. Mostly both she and your family must never give up hope - we see miracles every day.
    All the best,
    Beverly Greer
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