Topics

• 1

  Stroke cause and effects

• 2

  The hospital team

• 3

  Practical advice and tips for carers +

  • Communication strategies
  • Memory strategies
  • Cognition
  • Visual problems
  • Perceptual problems
  • Continence problems
  • Physical deficits
  • Moving and handling
  • Equipment
  • Daily living activities
  • Driving and transport alternatives
  • Swallowing, eating and nutrition
  • Psychological issues

• 4

  Care at home +

  • Medical care
  • Social care
  • Voluntary care
  • Housing
  • Self help

• 5

  Money, benefits and legal issues +

  • Money and benefits
  • Legal Issues

• 6

  Support for you the carer +

  • Looking after your health and wellbeing
  • Emergency situations
  • Training and support
  • Intimacy and relationships
  • Spiritual care support
  • Dealing with a long term condition
  • End of life care

• 7

  Carers’ rights

All video clips can be accessed directly below.

• .Video Clips +

  • Communication strategies
  • Aphasia – Introduction (02:03 minutes)
  • Aphasia – supporting communication (12:06 minutes)
  • Communication, memory and concentration (03:39 minutes)
  • Coping with numbers (03:19 minutes)
  • Dysarthia (04:13 minutes)
  • How family and friends can help (07:27 minutes)
  • Norman and Nancy (02:19 minutes)
  • Using the telephone (06:22 minutes)
  • Perceptual problems
  • Agnosia (03:05 minutes)
  • Dyspraxia (06:47 minutes)
  • Inattention and neglect (06:28 minutes)
  • Daily living activities
  • Bathing and showering tips (06:08 minutes)
  • Dressing: choosing clothes (01:39 minutes)
  • Dressing: shirts and t-shirts (05:57 minutes)
  • Dressing: shoes and socks (02:50 minutes)
  • Dressing: trousers (08:17 minutes)
  • Hand washing (02:13 minutes)
  • How to empty a catheter bag (02:10 minutes)
  • How to get the person in and out of a car safely (02:49 minutes)
  • Procedure for lifting a manual wheelchair into or out of a vehicle (01:53 minutes)
  • Washing one handed (03:15 minutes)
  • Physical deficits
  • Care of the affected arm (05:38 minutes)
  • Getting on and off the floor (07:13 minutes)
  • Getting up and down stairs (01:35 minutes)
  • Positioning in a chair and bed (03:06 minutes)
  • Walking with an AFO (05:48 minutes)
  • Swallowing, eating and nutrition
  • Modified diets (06:47 minutes)
  • Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) (09:27 minutes)
  • Swallowing assessment test (04:20 minutes)
  • Thickening fluids (03:45 minutes)
  • Psychological issues
  • The effect of stroke on the person and their family (08:16 minutes)
  • Personality changes (07:11 minutes)
  • Experiences with psychology after stroke (10:13 minutes)
  • Looking after your own health and well being
  • Relaxation techniques (03:22 minutes)
  • Moving and handling
  • Sitting to standing (03:27 minutes)
  • Getting in and out of bed using a turner (08:42 minutes)
  • Using a slide or glide sheet (06:38 minutes)
  • Using a sliding board to transfer from bed to wheelchair (04:37 minutes)
  • Manoeuvring a wheelchair (02:02 minutes)