Health & Social Recovery

WHY HEALTH AND SOCIAL RECOVERY ORGANIZATION IS NEEDED FOR STROKE SERVIVORS

Stroke is a serious disease. It is both a significant killer and long-term disabler. It impacts many, in large and small ways, striking men and women, young and old, rich and poor, and all races and nationalities.

This is the tornado disease!

Typically, after stroke, a patient spends time (one to three weeks depending on the stroke’s severity) in a hospital where they are stabilized and receive their initial therapy, depending on the deficits created by the stroke. As needed, they will receive physical, occupational, speech, and perhaps psychological therapy.

Upon discharge from the hospital, survivors will continue their rehabilitation for a few weeks or months, generally at an out-patient facility convenient to their residence. In some cases, therapy will be performed at home instead of at a facility. We believe that the latter is problematic for the great majority of survivors because few homes have the proper equipment for successful rehabilitation.

For nearly all survivor’s insurance reimbursement for outpatient therapy services terminates, often prematurely. Gains, often significant gains, can still be made, however, the insurance termination becomes a barrier to progress, either financially or psychologically, or both. Where to go, whom to turn to, what’s next?