Post-Stroke: A Case Study

Strokes are one of the major causes of immobility in seniors. Recovery largely depends on the extent of the brain injury and the length of time before treatment. Nonetheless, most seniors require the assistance of a caregiver and this mainly requires planning and organization. Here are some ways you can take care of a senior post -stroke

Heart diseases from maternal side; lung diseases from paternal side. No previous stroke, cancer or diabetes.

Patient is a 79-year-old right-handed white female who presents with her sister for evaluation of a new stroke. She presented to the physician on July 27th for an event that started on July 23rd. She awoke that morning and had decrease use of her left hand. She did not notice any weakness in her arm or any sensory changes. There are no problems with her leg. Walking was fine. There were no other neurological symptoms until she realized when she tried to get her coffee cup that she was unable to coordinate her fingers in her hand well enough to handle the coffee cup. She is having difficulty signing her name. She can print, but the decreased dexterity in her hand is significantly affecting her. She also cannot extend her left pinky finger. She

A stroke occurs when there is a sudden decrease in blood flow to a localized area in the brain (Trakalo, 2015, p.1234). This can occur in different ways such as a thrombus, an embolus, a stenosis, or a hemorrhage - all of which can cause devastating neurological effects depending on the extent of ischemia and necrosis resulting from the decreased oxygen carried by the blood.

Mr. A is a 74-year-old male who presented to the emergency department with a chief complaint of leg pain after he fell at home. He states he got up around 1 am to use the restroom, he then felt unsteady, lost his balance and fell onto his left hip. Patient was found in that position by his wife, who then called EMS services. Patient complains of sharp, continuous pain in left hip that radiates down into his left thigh. Patient admits to occasional periods of weakness, and onset occurs when changing positions from sitting to standing, where he occasionally feels like he is going to lose his balance. He describes periods of weakness as short usually around 1-2 minutes, and characterizes his

Stroke is one of the leading causes of long-term adult disability, affecting approximately 795,000 people each year in the U.S. The very word "stroke" indicates that no one is ever prepared for this sudden, often catastrophic event. Stroke survivors and their families can find workable solutions to most difficultsituations by approaching every problem with patience, ingenuity, perseverance and creativity. Early recovery and rehabilitation can improve functions and sometimes remarkable recoveries for someone who suffered a stroke.Rehabilitation starts in the hospital as soon as possible following a stroke. In patients who are stable, rehabilitation may begin within two days after the stroke has occurred, and should be continued as necessary

A stroke occurs when oxygen and nutrients are deprived from the brain due to the reduced or interrupted flow of blood to the brain. As a result, brain cells die. Symptoms of stroke may include slurred speech or no speech, difficulty with understanding, weakness or paralysis to one side of the body, facial drooping, vision problems, trouble swallowing or headache.

If you or a loved one has had a stroke, the road to recovery can be long and difficult. However, with in-home health services, the road is made easier. There are a variety of services that can be provided to a stroke survivor in their home to make the process less difficult. The following are only a few of the important services to aid in your stroke recovery.

Do the needs of a younger stroke patient differ from the older patient that experiences a stroke?

Wii for stroke has advantages of clients being interested and enjoy games encouraging more repetitions, the task can be graded, there is immediate feedback, can be used without supervision. Rehabilitation should be intensive which is limited in inpatient. This systematic review show Wii provides for assumption 5 sensory input in the form of visual, tactile, aural and proprioception. Assumption 4 wii is task specific. Wii provides for EF 2 feedback giving both internal and external feedback, and EF 3 practice as a client that is actively involved in the task and has buy in. Recommend post discharge 1 hour of active practice a day.

An ischaemic stroke occurs due to the restriction of blood supply to an area of the brain, thus initiating a process called the ischaemic cascade (Deb, Sharma & Hassan, 2010). This begins with the depletion of local oxygen stores, causing disruptions in the production of energy compounds such as adenosine triphosphate (ATP). The depletion in energy may cause tissue death (infarction), where occlusion for 5-10 minutes may lead to irreversible brain dysfunction (Karaszewski et al., 2009). Inadequate energy supplies leads to a malfunction of cells ability to perform action potentials, also resulting in the swelling of neuron and glial cells (). Cells at the core of the ischaemia will die of necrosis (premature cell death), where apoptosis (programmed

The revolutionary study by, Stroop (1935) used 5 different colors; purple, brown, green, blue, and red in a color-word naming task. Subjects had to say the color of the word while it was printed in different color ink. For example, the word “blue” would be written in the color red. They first did this using the colored words and then repeated the process with the words printed in black. They found that the colored word condition suggested a 2.3s longer reaction time than the black word condition. This is due to the inference of automatic word reading in the color word condition.

Approximately 15 million people suffer a stroke worldwide each year, of those 5 million die and another 5 million are permanently disabled Mackay et al (2004). Stroke tends to affect people over the age of 75 (Scarborough et al 2009). Since almost 70% of people over 75 retain some teeth (Todd and Laden 1998), maintaining a healthy mouth is important for elderly stroke patients. Not only does effective oral care play a central role in the prevention of infection, a healthy mouth also makes a real difference to a person’s quality of life (McGrath and Bedi 1998) and maintenance of nutritional status (Jones 1998) .For these reasons, this dissertation will examine the benefits of good oral hygiene for elderly stroke patients and nurses role in

Stroke affects everybody differently, and it is difficult to say how much of a recovery is possible. Many stroke survivors experience the most dramatic recovery during their stay in hospital in the weeks after their stroke.

[] Since previous studies have not determined the incidence rate of stroke rehabilitation, the accumulated data are far more enough to predict that stroke in India is at the danger zone. It is very much important to develop a common registry for stroke in various parts of the country to define the risk factors and rehabilitation benefits []