Recovery from moderate stroke. HELP! PLS HELP!?

Question

My wife is hypertensive for the past 5 yrs, sadly she had a moderate stroke 10 days ago. Her right side (arm and leg) disabled and her speech got affected too. Have just brought her home from hospital yesterday. Continuous Rehab therapy was recommended by the doctor. Pls give me good exercise or advice for the fast recovery of my loved one! Thanks so much!

Answer 1

If someone close to you has had a stroke, the recovery can be hard for both of you. That person may need help with making changes to his home, habits and lifestyle. Caregivers also need a way to cope with all of these changes.

Taking care of a loved one who has had a stroke can be difficult for many reasons. You may be afraid that your loved one will have another stroke or will not be able to accept or overcome disabilities. You may worry that you are not prepared to care for someone who has just had a stroke, or you may have your own health concerns that make it difficult for you to care for another person. You may also become depressed over losing the lifestyle that you previously enjoyed with your loved one. And you may worry about the costs of rehabilitation and a loss of income.


Before your loved one returns home, the rehab team will train you or other family members to help with therapy. You may learn to help your loved one get up from a fall, get dressed, get to the bathroom, eat, and do other activities. If you have your own health concerns that prevent you from being able to help, your loved one may need to go to a nursing home or assisted living facility, or you may need in-home help. But even if you can't provide physical help, your love and support are still key to your loved one's recovery


Here are ways that you can help with your loved one's recovery:

Give support and encouragement for participation in the rehab program.
Visit and talk with your loved one often. Play cards together or watch TV. Try to keep in touch with your loved one's friends as much as possible, and encourage them to visit.
Participate in educational programs and attend rehab sessions as much as possible.
Help your loved one learn and practice new skills.
Find out what your loved one can do independently or needs help with. Avoid doing things for your loved one that he or she is able to do without help

You will also need to take care of your own well-being.

Eat well, get enough rest, and take time to do things that you enjoy. Get out of the house as much as possible.
Make sure that you do not ignore your own health while you are caring for your loved one. Do not try to do everything yourself. Keep up with your own doctor visits and make sure to take your own medicines regularly. Ask other family members to help. Find out if you qualify for adult day care or for home health care visits to help with rehab.
Locate a support group to attend. You can find them through local chapters of the American Stroke Association (a division of the American Heart Association) or the U.S. National Stroke Association. Also, check with the rehab team for recommendations. They may be able to offer advice about insurance coverage as well.
Schedule time for yourself. Get out of the house and do things that you enjoy, run errands, or go shopping.

There are three keys to being a good caregiver:

Take care of yourself first.
Don't help too much.
Don't do it alone.


Caregiver Tip No. 2: Don't Help Too Much
The biggest mistake most caregivers make is providing too much care. Even if they don't admit it, people like to help themselves. Every time you do something for a person that the person could have done alone, there is a double loss. First, your effort may have been wasted. Second, the person has missed an opportunity to help him- or herself.

As a caregiver, your highest goal is to give the person you are caring for the power and the permission to control his or her life (as much as possible). Every act your loved one makes to maintain independence is a victory for you as a caregiver.

Here are some things you can do to empower the person you are caring for to do things independently:

Expect more. People respond to expectations. If you expect the person to get dressed, care for houseplants, or prepare simple meals, often he or she will.
Limit your availability to help. If you are not always there to help, the person will be forced to do more on his or her own.
Simplify. For example, if you are caring for someone with mild dementia, divide complex tasks into simpler parts: First, get out the cereal box; next, get out the milk and the bowl, etc.
Make it easy. One of the most productive things a caregiver can do is to make modifications to the person's home and provide tools that will allow the person to do things without help.
Allow for mistakes and less-than-perfect results. The hardest thing about letting someone do something alone is knowing that you could do it better or faster. Mistakes are okay.
Reward both the effort and the result. Help the person feel good about doing things independently.
Let the person make as many decisions as possible, such as what to wear, what to eat, or when to go to bed. Help the person retain as much control as possible.
Give the person responsibility to care for something. Studies show that nursing home residents who are asked to care for pets or plants live longer and become more independent.
Match tasks with abilities. Identify the person's skills, and try to match them with tasks that the person can do independently.
Take acceptable risks. A few broken dishes or a few bruises are a small price to pay for letting someone explore what he or she can do. You can't eliminate all risks without eliminating all opportunities.

http://www.revolutionhealth.com/healthy-living/caring/basics/get-started/caregiver-great


Caregiver concerns
Preparing the home after a stroke
Caregiving: Preventing another stroke
Caregiving: Regaining movement after a stroke
Caregiving: Self-care after a stroke
Caregiving: Swallowing problems after a stroke
For caregivers: Coping tips
Other places to get help
Should I put my loved one in a nursing home?
Stroke related dementia: Mistaken for Alzheimer's

The below link also talks about caregiver roles: You might find quite helpful and informative:

http://www.revolutionhealth.com/conditions/brain-nerves/stroke/caregiving/

Answer 2

I labored in a stroke rehabilitation unit for 18 years, and sorry however the reply is not any. Every case is distinct, however you will have mentioned that this can be a "tremendous" stroke, with the man or woman simplest capable to transport their eyes after every week. This is the outcomes of both a clot of blood inflicting the loss of life of a gigantic side of the mind tissue, or a hemorrhage into the mind, inflicting the equal damage. This sort of damage is in general now not reversible, I'm afraid. Some men and women regain a few role, however that's in general simplest after a long time of rehabilitation, or even then the restoration might simplest be minor, and their first-rate of lifestyles might be very deficient. I'm sorry if this man or woman is a adored one - stroke is a devastating situation. All I can say is, ask tons of questions of the health practitioner, and positioned your believe in her or him. however do not count on a miracle. They simply do not occur.

Answer 3

I suffered 5 strokes in 1975 at the ripe old age of 25.. My strokes also affected my right side. They didn't do physical therapy back then so I was on my own. I did receive speech therapy and learned to talk all over again.
The best exercise I did was swimming. I was unable to walk but I could swim. I made sure I was in the pool every day. I then used a full pop can to lift and open and close my arm...often guiding my "bum" hand and arm with my healthy left arm. I would sit in a chair and raise and lower my right leg. I used a towel and put it under my foot and used my arms to lift my "bum" leg. It took many months but I finally recovered all my functions and went back to work as a nurse.
Good luck to you. Please be very patient with your wife. Learning to walk and talk again was the most frustrating thing in my life and I often wanted to give up....Keep encouraging her.