Stroke Rehabilitation and Stroke Homecare in Aylesbury Vale and Chiltern

What is a stroke?

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A person experiences a stroke when the blood flow to the brain is cut off, either due to a blockage or a bleed in the brain. When the brain is starved of blood, it can’t access any oxygen or essential nutrients. This often results in brain cells and parts of the brain being damaged or destroyed. 

What is the impact of a stroke?

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The impact of a stroke vary according to the individual and how healthy they were at the time of the stroke. The consequences can also depend on the location in the brain where the stroke struck, its intensity and the extent of the damage caused. 

Prolonged effects of a stroke can include: cognitive problems, communication problems, physical problems, depression, incontinence, pain, and fatigue.

Speak to the Aylesbury Vale and Chiltern Right at Home office to discuss how our care at home services can help you.

How can Right at Home Aylesbury Vale and Chiltern help with your post-stroke care at home?

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The impact of a stroke is different for everyone. Most people see some level of recovery during their stay in hospital. Many continue to recover and regain skills by following a care plan for stroke survivors at home. 

Care plans following a stroke require input and development from a specialist stroke recovery team in a local Aylesbury Vale and Chiltern  hospital.

At Right at Home Aylesbury Vale and Chiltern, our homecare for stroke patients can include:

• helping with mobility
• continence care
• managing and administering medication
• household tasks
• transport
• shopping

Importantly, our highly-trained CareGivers can also support Clients with their recovery and rehabilitation by assisting them to maintain their exercise routines and promoting a healthy lifestyle.

Right at Home Aylesbury Vale and Chiltern also has a Clinical Specialist, based at National Office, who is available to help CareGiver teams across the network when caring for a stroke Client.

Advice for preventing strokes

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Although we cannot predict when a stroke may occur, keeping up a healthy lifestyle can reduce the risk of requiring stroke rehabilitation and care as we age.

The risk of suffering a stroke has several contributing factors. These include, but are not limited to:

• Blood pressure
• Genes
• Age
• Diet
• Alcohol consumption
• Smoking status
• Fitness levels
• Pre-existing medical conditions

For some of these factors, there’s not a lot that you can do - we can’t change our genes. But it is well-known that maintaining a healthy, low alcohol, smoke-free lifestyle can reduce the risk of a stroke.

It’s important to identify high blood pressure. Your GP can check your blood pressure regularly. Doctors can then monitor your status, prescribe medication if required, and suggest lifestyle changes to lower blood pressure to normal levels. Unchecked, high blood pressure is a high contributing factor.

Help with hypertension (high blood pressure)

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If you are diagnosed with high blood pressure, it’s essential to keep it regulated.

The best strategy for controlling and preventing high blood pressure is to begin with lifestyle changes. For older adults, this often involves a combination of light exercise, a healthy diet and medication.

At Right at Home Aylesbury Vale and Chiltern, our CareGivers can come up with a personalised hypertension programme should you need one. We’ll help to encourage a healthier way of life, including:

• Development of a light exercise schedule
• Coordination of a healthy meal plan
• Support with shopping
• Meal preparation
• Medication reminders/set-up/administration

Preventing strokes

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The risk of suffering a stroke has several contributing factors, including your blood pressure, genes, age, diet, alcohol consumption, smoking, fitness levels and pre-existing medical conditions.

Some of these you can do nothing about, but it has been well-established that maintaining a healthy lifestyle, smoke-free and low alcohol intake can reduce the risk of stroke.

Identifying high blood pressure is important and easily done by a GP, who can prescribe medication and recommend lifestyle changes to reduce blood pressure to normal levels. Unchecked, high blood pressure is a high contributing factor to stroke.

Addressing hypertension (high blood pressure)

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The best strategy for controlling and preventing high blood pressure is to begin with lifestyle changes. For seniors, this often means a combination of light exercise, healthy diet and medication.

Right at Home can prepare a customised hypertension programme to promote a healthier lifestyle, including:

• Development of a light exercise schedule
• Coordination of a healthy meal plan
• Shopping
• Meal preparation
• Medication reminders/set-up/administration

Hypertension/Stroke information and resources

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• Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United Kingdom
• Up to 80 percent of strokes are preventable
• For a great resource on living with hypertension, visit the British Hypertension Society
• For information on strokes, visit The Stroke Association

Hypertension/stroke information and resource in Aylesbury Vale and Chiltern

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• Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United Kingdom
• Up to 80 percent of strokes are avoidable
• For a great resource on living with hypertension, visit the British Hypertension Society
• For more information on strokes, visit The Stroke Association

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