In the UK, over 20% of patients leaving hospital after a stroke will be severely disabled.
Despite this, limited clinical guidance is available to teams tasked with providing support for …

Background: Recovery from stroke requires the provision of specialist rehabilitative care, yet
there is a lack of research evidence on optimal methods of delivery and inequitable service …

Background and Purpose—To compare a community-based multidisciplinary stroke team
(CST) approach with hospital-based rehabilitation in terms of hospital stay, functioning …

Objective The aim of this study was to identify barriers and enablers from the perspectives of
stroke survivors, carers and staff to understand the experiences of care. Design The study …

Purpose: This study aim was to evaluate whether the Extended International Classification of
Functioning, Disability and Health Core Set for Stroke captured the interventions of a …

Purpose To explore how stroke survivors' expectations and understanding of Early
Supported Discharge (ESD) helped them make sense of their experiences, and shaped their …

Stroke rehabilitation for people living in the community is commonly delivered either in a
centre, outpatient or day hospital setting. More recently, services may be offered in the actual …

Introduction Understanding of the needs of people with stroke at hospital discharge and in
the first six-months is limited. This study aim was to profile and document the needs of …

Background: Stroke is often a severe and debilitating event that requires ongoing
rehabilitation. The Community Stroke Rehabilitation Teams (CSRTs) offer home-based …

Background Most patients who have had a stroke are dependent on informal caregivers for
activities of daily living. The TRACS trial investigated a training programme for caregivers …