In home rehabilitation
Home rehabilitation can have different goals and expected outcomes, depending on the severity and type of stroke patient. But in general, rehabilitation at home can be put in place to replace acute care, to replace institutional rehabilitation, and to provide the opportunity for continued and consistent exercise to maintain and improve the physical health of patients.
In recent years, the growing cost of institutional rehabilitative care, as well as continued research into the impact of institutional care on a patient’s motivation and mental health, and an increased need to free up spaces in rehabilitative care for more serious post-recovery patients, has led to increasing numbers of studies into the benefits of at-home rehabilitative care.
With over 700,000 people suffering strokes in the USA alone every year, and with ⅔ of these patients requiring rehabilitative treatment, the demand for greater research into how in-home care can boost recovery rates is at an increasing rate too.
For patients whose recovery can be adequately supported for at home, there is a growing body of research that supports the assertion that in-home care benefits stroke patients, both in terms of their short and long term recovery. Outpatient stroke rehab for patients works.
Research carried out in 2010 by Hillier and Inglis-Jassiem worked to test this exact hypothesis - that in-home rehabilitation would mean reduced costs for the rehabilitation in comparison to clinic-based care, but would not reduce the effectiveness of the care in the process.
8 of the 11 trials conducted, on 1711 stroke patient adults, and all within 12 months of the stroke, found that home rehabilitation meant positive outcomes for the cost, effectiveness, and wellbeing of caregivers during rehabilitative care for the stroke patients involved.
Continuing research also supports the need for increased opportunities for in-home care for stroke patients in order to help them maintain, and in time improve, their general physical and cardiovascular health. The American Heart Association recommends that stroke patients perform aerobic exercises 3-7 days a week, and also recommends they engage in neuromuscular exercise 2-3 days a week. Finding ways to provide this exercise for stroke patients at home, is a crucial part of their long term and ongoing rehabilitation.
In-home stroke rehabilitation
also gives patients greater flexibility in the scheduling of their rehabilitative care and allows them at the same time to enjoy this care in the comfort and surroundings of their own home. For many stroke patients, this can really make the difference between successful rehabilitation or not. Research seems to show that patients are more motivated, and maintain their rehabilitation better when an option to work on it at home exists.
Today there is a new element driving greater research into making stroke rehabilitation possible at home, as worldwide endemics of disease demand a more flexible approach to patient care. An approach that allows patients to avoid overcrowded hospitals and clinics where the risk of infection is higher, and to avoid unnecessary travel as well. In-home rehabilitative practice, technology, and devices, free patients from external challenges while receiving the care they need.
Chaban Medical has, for a long time, understood the need for quality in-home rehabilitative care. With this in mind, it has worked with Salute Rehab Ltd on the neuro-motion therapy
technology that has made the Just Walk stroke rehabilitative device possible.
Designed to be used with stroke patients at home, Just Walk, FDA and CE approved technology, applies its Intuitive Neuro-Motion Learning to provide a viable, cost-effective solution for home users post-stroke.
Chaban appreciates the importance of staying on top of developments, both technological and patient care based, in the medical device world. We aim to provide the necessary environment, support, and know-how to make revolutionary medical devices available for in-home care.
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