Rehabilitation of Stroke Patient

Abstract

          Rehabilitation of patients with stroke can begin in the acute phase when patients had neuropathy and vital signs were stable at least 48 hours. The first phase focuses on the prevention of complications. The basic goals of rehabilitation were to enable patients to help themselves as much as possible and to be minimal burden on relatives or caregivers. Main issues for patients included hemiplegia, muscular contraction, difficulty on perception and learning, language disorders and interpreting, dysphagia, urinary and fecal incontinence, and incapability of daily activities. The treatment of rehabilitation depended on the severity of weakness, physical fitness, underlying diseases, social status, occupations, economic status, ability to adapt, perception and learning of patients. The correct and appropriate
rehabilitation of patients with stroke enabled patients to help themselves, to live back in society with good quality of life. In addition, home and environmental modifications were important to keep the patient’s lifestyle easy and safe as possible.