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VOLUNTEER STROKE SCHEME Charity Number: 6989 Help for people with stroke in Ireland |
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Volunteer Stroke Scheme, 249 Crumlin Road, Dublin 12. Tel: 01-4559036 Fax:01-4557013
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Volunteer Stroke Scheme, 249 Crumlin Road, Dublin 12. Tel: 01-4559036 Fax:01-4557013 |
Email: vss@iolfree.ie | ||||
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INFORMATION
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Recommended
Reading: This
is a list books (with reviews) which have proved very helpful to stroke
patients and their families. The
information leaflets below may be of help in understanding |
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Stroke |
Understanding
Stroke Stroke is caused by damage to the brain as a result of bleeding into the brain or interruption of the blood supply by blocking the small arteries...read article |
| Rehabilitation
After Stroke Stroke is one of the major causes of death and disability in the developed world. Rehabilitation is an important part of its management...read article |
General
Perspective on Stroke Care If a stroke is reasonably severe, the person is normally hospitalised and their care is managed by a multi-disciplinary team...read article |
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You Read This? For many stroke victims with dysphasia understanding those four simple words above would prove to be very difficult...read article |
Speech
Therapy for the "non-speaking" stroke patient I am involved as a Speech Therapist on a professional basis with the Volunteer Stroke Scheme...read article |
| Recognising
Early Stroke The full implications of the effect of stroke are best known to the patients who have suffered...read article |
A
Revolution in Stroke Care One often hears of the dramatic changes in treatment of different forms of cancers, leukaemias and cardiac conditions, but one doesn't hear...read article |
| Disability
as a result of Stroke The disability resulting from stoke is frequently a combination of physical and mental problems...read article |
The
Nurse and Stroke Rehabilitation For Rehabilitation to be successful it must be a co-ordinated team effort involving patients and their families...read article |
| Neurological
Physiotherapy - A New Perspective Rehabilitation of neurological conditions requires Specialist Physiotherapy Historically these disabling conditions were treated...read article |
Stroke
Solutions Stroke is a devastating condition which remains the third highest cause of death in Ireland after heart disease...read article |
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Services for Patients with Acute Stroke in Ireland The Volunteer Stroke Scheme Survet of Consultant Opinion...read article |
Acute
Stroke Units Achieving the best hospital care for Irish stroke sufferers...read article |
