Prevention and Other Special Management Issues in the Postacute Care of the Geriatric Stroke Patient

Issue title: Geriatric Rehabilitation

Guest editors: Peter A. LichtenbergIssue Editor

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Siegler, Eugenia L.^{a; 1} | Whitney, Fay W.^b

Affiliations: [a] Divisions of Geriatric Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA | [b] University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA

Note: [1] This article was supported in part by the Andrus Foundation and by a Merck/AFAR Fellowship in Geriatric Clinical Pharmacology (E.L.S.).

Abstract: Rehabilitation of older stroke patients does not take place isolated from social and medical problems. Nurses and internists are crucial members of the interdisciplinary team, maintaining health and preventing long- and short-term complications in the stroke survivor. This review describes our research interests and clinical approaches to some of the special medical and nursing needs of the population, using prevention as a model for caring for these chronically ill patients and their families.

DOI: 10.3233/NRE-1993-3103

Journal: NeuroRehabilitation, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 1-11, 1993