To all P.Ts who have experience with treating strokepatients.
Goodday to you all,
My name is Marijne, I'm a dutch P.T-student. I'm in the final phase of my study which contents writing an essay about a, to physical therapy related, subject.
The outcome of a general research into the care and aftercare of strokepatients and their beloved ones by the Dutch Heart Foundation shows a big list of problem areas.
In order to do something about this, I'm trying to describe these problems within the specific area of physical therapy and see which aspects are needed for improvement.
Therefor I would like to know how the (after)care for strokepatients is organized abroad.
I made a list with questions that could help me with this. By filling in the list or giving me any information/suggestions concerning this matter, you would be of great help.(Apologies for my poor "medical-english".)
Thanking you in advance,
Marijne de Weerd
- Could you give an estimation on the amout of stroke-patients you've treated so far or on annuelbasis?
-In which field of physical therapy are you working? Hospital, nursing-home, rehabcentre, individual practice etc.
-Do the CVApatients you've treated, belong to a specific category of strokepatients based on Impairment, Disability and Handicap?
-Did you specialize in treating CVApatients?
-What is the most common route that your patients already followed before they ended up with you? Who makes the referral to you?
-Do you get a standard referral/transference-form? What informationpoints are in the form? Are there in your opinion points missing or needless? How would you prefer it?
-With what information do you make your plan and aim for treatment?
-On the basis of which figures do you state your prognosis of functional recovery (ADL-based)?
-Do you treat your patients according to a certain concept?(NDT, conventional, intensity, etc)?
-Do you involve/implicate a patients partner or beloved one, in the treatment?
-Are you familiair with the possibilities for strokepatients and their support figure/partner to seek support and counselling in the form of patients support programmes, in your surrounding?
-Do you discuss the neuro-psychologicaldisorders, that may appear after stroke, with your patient and partner?
-What is, in general, the next step CVApatients have to make on their way to recovery after they have been treated by you? (Home, nursinghome, further treatment in different medical specialisme etc.)
-Do you have regular, returning consultations about these strokepatients? Does this happen in mono-disciplinairy or multi-disciplinairy context?
-To whom do you refer? what is the contents of your referral/transference?
Last but not least,
-Do you have any remarks or suggestions that could contribute to the improvement of the care and aftercare of strokepatients within the field of physical therapy?
Thanks!!!
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