Living with Stroke

At Partners in Care, we help you follow a plan of care that addresses the challenges specific to your condition and your life. Our home health aides receive specialized training to care for patients with chronic symptoms that are associated with stroke. Partners in Care home health aides can help you live more safely, comfortably and independently by:

• Developing strategies for verbal and nonverbal communication
• Assisting with a customized exercise regimen, initially designed by a Partners in Care physical therapist, to combat one-sided weakness
• Teaching client and loved ones to recognize symptoms that require immediate medical attention (e.g. inability to move a limb, difficulty speaking, blurred vision)

RESOURCES

American Stroke Association (a division of the American Heart Association)
1-888-4-STROKE (1-888-478-7653)
www.strokeassociation.org

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention 1-770-488-2424
http://www.cdc.gov/stroke/

National Aphasia Association
1-800-922-4622
http://www.aphasia.org

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (a part of the National Institutes of Health)
1-800-352-9424
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/stroke.htm

National Stroke Association
http://www.stroke.org

American Dietetic Association
1-800-877-1600
www.eatright.org