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. 2009 Sep-Oct;63(5):621-5.
doi: 10.5014/ajot.63.5.621.

Changing face of stroke: implications for occupational therapy practice

Timothy J Wolf  1 , Carolyn Baum, Lisa Tabor Conner
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Changing face of stroke: implications for occupational therapy practice

Timothy J Wolf et al. Am J Occup Ther. 2009 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

Stroke is one of the most life-altering syndromes affecting the world population. Rehabilitation for people experiencing stroke is focused almost exclusively on self-care activities and being able to return home and has little to no focus on work rehabilitation or community reintegration. The Cognitive Rehabilitation Research Group (CRRG) at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis was formed with the vision of improving everyday life for people after stroke by translating knowledge from neuroscience into treatment programs for productive living. Descriptive analysis of the intake assessment from the CRRG Clinical Core (N = 7,740) revealed three important findings: The age at stroke is decreasing, most strokes are neurologically mild to moderate in nature, and discharge placement decisions are being made largely on the basis of measures of impairment. The changes in the stroke population require occupational therapy to expand rehabilitation beyond the acute management of stroke to address full participation in work, family, and community life.

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Cognitive Rehabilitation Research Group (CRRG) clinical core.
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Decreasing age at first stroke.
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