[Stroke, follow-up and rehabilitation care]

Annabel Castex; Mélanie Comte

doi:10.1016/j.sger.2019.04.010

[Stroke, follow-up and rehabilitation care]

Soins Gerontol. 2019 Jul-Aug;24(138):23-26. doi: 10.1016/j.sger.2019.04.010.

[Article in French]

Authors

Annabel Castex¹, Mélanie Comte²

Affiliations

¹ Service de SSR PAP neuro-locomoteur, Hôpital Garonne, 224, avenue de Casselardit, TSA 40031, 31059 Toulouse Cedex 9, France. Electronic address: castex.a@chu-toulouse.fr.
² Service de SSR PAP neuro-locomoteur, Hôpital Garonne, 224, avenue de Casselardit, TSA 40031, 31059 Toulouse Cedex 9, France.

PMID: 31307686
DOI: 10.1016/j.sger.2019.04.010

Abstract

Strokes are a common pathology in the elderly. Access to rehabilitation care improves the functional prognosis. Where should these elderly brain-injured patients be referred to after the acute phase and what follow-up and rehabilitation care is available to them?

Keywords: accident vasculaire cérébral; elderly person; follow-up care and rehabilitation; rehabilitation; réadaptation; rééducation; soin de suite et de réadaptation; stroke; sujet âgé.

MeSH terms

Aged
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Prognosis
Stroke / therapy*
Stroke Rehabilitation*