OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY WITH STROKE PATIENTS

Occupational Therapy With Stroke Patients

Occupational therapy with stroke patients

According to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES I, II, and III), there were 3. million people aged 25 years or older reporting a history of stroke in the United States in 1991. In 1994 alone, there were 457,000 patients aged 25 to 74 years discharged from hospitals with an underlying diagnosis of stroke. Only 8.% of those patients were discharged to a long-term care facility,1 suggesting that the remainder were discharged to rehabilitation settings or to their home. Indeed, in a study using data ...