by Dawn Skelton. This illustrated A4 work book contains descriptions of exercises to help maintain strength and balance. The book has a hard cover, comes with a stand, and is spiral bound at the top enabling each page to be flipped over during a workout. Each exercise is also clearly illustrated and described. It used…
S.Land & Susie Dinan. An Age UK Home Exercise Booklet designed by Sheena Land (Gawler) and Susie Dinan from LLT.
This booklet s is available to download free from Age UK.
Different strokes is is a registered charity providing a unique, free service to younger stroke survivors throughout the UK. They have downloads available on the topics of: # Introduction (Who we are and our response form) # Life After a Stroke (stroke information & prevention) # Preventing Further Strokes # Information On Services For Stroke…
The Stroke Association produces a wide range of resources for the public and professionals. To view the resources available to the public click here. To view resources available for professionals click here. The following are training and education programmes offered by The Stroke Association, those marked with an * have been mapped against the Skills…
Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland have a whole series of leaflets available to download free. They also have a Video/DVD called “Stroke Matters”- Available to buy £5.00 or hire. To view the booklets and factsheets click here. Booklets available online: * Stroke: A Guide To Your Recovery SS1 * Stroke: A Carer’s Guide SS2 *…
In the summer of 2007, the Department of Health undertook a public consultation on the first ever National Stroke Strategy for England. During this period The Stroke Association encouraged stroke survivors and carers to respond, and then collated over 500 individual and collective submissions. This response was overwhelming, and the depth of feeling was apparent…
Published in June 2010, the Welsh Assembly Action Plan for Stroke highlights that Strokes are the leading cause of adult disability in Wales and the third most common cause of death. The aim of the action plan is to reduce the number of cases of stroke and the number of stroke related deaths. It will…
The purpose of this Welsh Health Circular (WHC) is to build on the 2007-08 requirements of WHC (2007) 58 by setting out a formal programme of work to improve services for patients who are at risk of, or who have had a stroke. View it here.
These Northern Ireland recommendations seek to make improvements in the key areas of prevention; treatment and rehabilitation of stroke patients. Achieving this will require a significant service re-organisation and re-design so that the whole system, including primary, community, secondary, voluntary and independent sectors as well as other statutory bodies, work collaboratively, in partnership to provide…
This national strategy is intended to provide a quality framework to secure improvements to stroke services, to provide guidance and support to commissioners and strategic health authorities and social care, and inform the expectations of patients and their families by providing a guide to high quality health/social care services. The Strategy and related documents can…
