[The effectiveness of multidisciplinary rehabilitation compared with usual care after stroke in older people]

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Abstract

In this study we try to explore the concept of Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation in a holistic context. The main focus of the research is on the recovery of stroke patients and its relation with the conventional care patterns undertaken for taking care of patients with stroke and comparing the results with the methods and tools adopted in the area of multidisciplinary rehabilitation. The research also analyzes many aspects of the people involved in the process of creating the most effective outcomes of recovery and revival from their ailment or disease and tries to gauge its effect on the patterns and process of healing involved in the area of rehabilitation displayed by the patient. Finally, on a conclusive note, the paper shall yield findings and highlights prevalent in the area of fighting diseases with contemporary methods of healthcare.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII

DECLARATIONIII

ABSTRACTIV

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

Background of the study1

Problem Statement1

Research Aims and Objectives2

Significance of the Study2

Hypothesis2

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW3

Brain Anatomy3

What is a Stroke?5

Some signs depicting the arrival of Stroke6

Common Nursing Practices: Nursing Care Homes7

Self-Management with post-stroke condition9

Importance of self-management11

Common sense self-regulation model12

Self-management in stroke14

Challenges for nurses in promoting self-management after stroke15

Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation17

Difference between usual care and multidisciplinary rehabilitation23

REFERENCES27

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

Background of the study

Stroke, in medical terms defined as cerebrovascular accident (CVA), implies a condition or phenomenon, where the patient experiences rapid loss of brain functionality and response to commands coming from the rest of the body ligaments, due to lack of blood supply and circulation to the brain.

Ample reasons have been held responsible for the occurrence of stroke to take place in the human body. These could include ischemia, which implies the reduction of blood dissemination and the inability for the blood to reach the brain in due time or the infamous brain haemorrhage, which implies constant and speedy seepage of blood within the frame of the brain.

Stroke has become amongst the most deadly reason and amongst the major diseases or conditions which has been diagnosed amongst people in the United States of America. According to statistics and estimates made by the American Psychological Association (APA), an estimated 1.5 million die of stroke every year in the U.S., out of which 75% (1,125,000 people) of the demised were victims of obesity and being overweight. Obesity and overweight has been amongst the most important trigger that causes stroke. Secondary factors confirming the occurrence of stroke are hypertension, disturbingly high levels of cholesterol, smoking, negative stress, migraines and even as unnoticed as a sedentary ...