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Stroke Home Care Services

We Provide Top Quality, Clinically led, Patient Centric In-Home Care for Stroke Clients

Our specialized in-home Stroke care programs combine our cross functional skills in skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and 24/7 caregivers to support stroke recovery clients at home. We combine cross functional stroke specific skills and a highly personalized process – this combination results in one of the highest home healthcare success rates for Stroke recovery clients at home.

Care Mountain enjoys the highest level of Stroke recovery home care and rehabilitation expertise in the Dallas – Fort Worth TX area. 

We work closely with leading hospitals across DFW (e.g. UT South Western Medical Center’s Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute for patients recovering from stroke

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With our experience serving patients, Top things when planning for a Stroke recovery journey:

A stroke survivor typically experiences a complex set of feelings that include memory problems, depression, anxiety, frustration, withdrawal, and they can become increasingly argumentative.

A comprehensive nursing assessment is critical. This assessment is vital to understand how caregivers’ skills, abilities, and resources match stroke survivors’ needs for follow-up care better. On the basis of this assessment, nurses develop a highly individualized case management plan and should address a daily 360 degree view across safety, fall prevention, medications, and prescriptions; adequate nutrition; and management of physical, instrumental, psychological, and behavioral problems

Typically, the 1st 3-6 months of the recovery are absolutely critical for maximizing the long-term recovery of functionality (speech, independence, mobility etc) for a post stroke recovery patient – a coordinated approach to recovery across multiple skill sets (registered nurses, physical therapy, occupational therapy and caregivers is needed. 

A stroke doesn’t just occur to an individual, it impacts families, friends, and loved ones. The journey to recovery from a stroke is a combination of hard work, faith, and hope. Once your loved one leaves the hospital, the reality of the situation typically sinks in during the first few days at home.

For the affected person:  Strokes injure the brain and result in a range of impairments across your body. Recovery takes time – it takes frequent and persistent rehab at hospital and home. Typically, only 40% of stroke survivors are successful in achieving rehab goals – and persistency and frequency maximize your chances of being in this 40%.And the journey is usually more complicated if the stroke affected person also has or develops co-morbid conditions like Dyslipidemia, Diabetes, Alzheimer’s, Dementia, Depression, Bladder or Bowel dysfunctions. 

For family members, caring for a stroke patient at home comes with a lot of challenges. The physical aspect of caring are very demanding. In addition, coping with the emotional stress that comes from the changes in your loved one’s personality, moods, behavior is even more challenging.

  1. Safety – This cannot be stressed enough. The last thing you want as a family member is to inadvertently end up compromising safety for your loved one and having them back in rehab even more frustrated! In our view, it is better to be safe than sorry and over plan this aspect. With today’s medical equipment availability (e.g. sit to stand lifts, hoyer lifts, shower boards, grab bars, wheel chairs), there is a lot we can together do to ensure your loved one’s safety in the bed, in the bathroom, in the shower, and in your home.
  2. Prepare yourself for your loved one’s mood and personality changes The losses caused from a stroke are both physically and emotionally huge to the survivor. There are a lot of pent up feelings including anger, resentment, feeling victimized that crop up after a stroke. As Dr Selenick, a prominent expert on stroke rehab and neurorehabilitation says in his book “Try not to tell your loved one that you know how they feel, because you don’t really know. Offer love, patience, and support, but expect resent, anger and stubbornness”. Accepting life changes after stroke is important in navigating the recovery path.
  3. Balance the “tripod of care” — in home care provider, Doctor and Rehab facility Your integrated care team of doctor, rehab, and in home care provider work like the three legs of a tripod, in balance and synergy, to help your loved one achieve a good trajectory for post stroke life, and minimize the likelihood of a subsequent stroke or readmission.
  4. Pace yourself. This is a marathon Recovery from a stroke cannot be rushed. The brain is gradually rebuilding damaged synapses. A recovery from a stroke feels closer to a long-distance marathon than a short-term sprint. The body is recovering as well and activities that were routine (e.g., walking, moving hands) present new physical challenges. Being patient with your loved one, yourself and your professional caregivers is critical to assure measurable and small steps in recovery. The idea is to continually achieve small, measurable and consistent improvements every day without feeling rushed to a deadline. After every few weeks, take a half hour to systematically track and evaluate progress on your loved one’s stroke recovery journey.
  5. Pace yourself. This is a marathon Recovery from a stroke cannot be rushed. The brain is gradually rebuilding damaged synapses. A recovery from a stroke feels closer to a long-distance marathon than a short-term sprint. The body is recovering as well and activities that were routine (e.g., walking, moving hands) present new physical challenges. Being patient with your loved one, yourself and your professional caregivers is critical to assure measurable and small steps in recovery. The idea is to continually achieve small, measurable and consistent improvements every day without feeling rushed to a deadline. After every few weeks, take a half hour to systematically track and evaluate progress on your loved one’s stroke recovery journey.

Helpful articles on understanding Stroke specific home healthcare:

  1. American Stroke Association: https://www.stroke.org/en/professionals/stroke-resource-library/post-stroke-care
  2. European Society of Cardiology – Loss of muscle and weight associated with disability after stroke
  3. Common Caregiver Issues and Nursing Interventions After a Stroke
  4. https://www.caremountain.com/the-importance-of-physical-therapy-after-a-stroke/
  5. https://www.caremountain.com/the-vital-role-of-live-in-care-for-stroke-patients-in-dallas-tx-ensuring-safety-rehabilitation-and-independence/
  6. https://www.caremountain.com/benefits-of-speech-therapy-after-stroke

STROKE SPECIFIC CARDIAC CARE PROGRAMS:

Proper and on-time nursing home care services for patients with hypertension is critical in avoiding progression and possibly worse heart related episodes and inpatient admissions. With Care Mountain, your loved one will get all the specialized support and care to manage their Hypertension even when you can’t be there next to them.
The main goal of a home health clinician is to educate patients and their relatives, give advice and monitor the blood pressure readings. Patients should be educated about their diet, weight, physical activity, smoke, alcohol intake, etc. Our hypertension program will include coordinates care services with your loved one’s physician and typically include care activities like recording and monitoring patient’s blood pressure; assisting patient in identifying modifiable risk factors, reinforcing the importance of adhering to treatment regimens and keeping follow-up appointments, instructing and demonstrating BP self-monitoring techniques, valuating the patient’s hearing, visual acuity, manual dexterity, and coordination, helping patients develop a simple, convenient schedule for taking medications, explain prescribed medications along with their rationale, dosage, expected and adverse side effects.

Stroke Specific Programs

Our Stroke care program clinical experts bring together our team of skilled in-home clinicians from different disciplines, and use the latest physician supervised processes to detect, intervene, and implement solutions to problems as quickly as possible. This specific program is a comprehensive approach that helps individuals manage their diseases at home, while avoiding unnecessary trips to ER or readmissions to the hospital.

Program Details:

  • Supervised by Physicians, Nurse Practitioners(NPs), and Physician Assistants (PAs). Delivered by Skilled Nurses, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Therapist, Stroke trained Caregivers (CNAs/HHAs)
  • Processes informed by the latest heart disease research, and Evidence Based Practice
  • Comprehensive care guide including weight, nutrition, fluid, medication, and activity management tools
  • Symptom management tool to quickly and accurately identify changes in CHF condition of our patients
  • Multi-discipline in-home clinical team
  • Education and Training for family members, caregivers, and patients
  • Management and improvement of symptoms
  • Reduced visits to the hospital
  • Improved independence
  • Improvement in daily movement and activity
  • Education and understanding on when to call for help

CARDIAC CARE & REHAB PROGRAMS

Care Mountain’s cardiac care programs are administered by specialized and experienced RNs and LVNs for patients that are diagnosed with a heart condition (e.g. hypertension, CHF) and recovering from surgery (e.g. stents, heart attacks, stroke patients, TAVR, open heart surgery).
Our cardiac rehab lasts for 6-12 weeks. Our comprehensive program helps patients recover from a heart attack or other heart problems and offers many benefits to improve the patient’s health and quality of life. The participants typically attend three sessions per week. The duration of the program depends on many factors, which include the individual patient’s goals, the progress of recovery, or the physician’s recommendation.
During such programs, our Skilled Nursing team monitors the patient’s health conditions with an electrocardiograph (ECG) telemetry system, informing them of how the patient’s heart reacts and adapts to activity. Nurses play a pivotal role in all phases of care of the stroke patient. At Aurora Home Health, we have a skilled and experienced team of nurses providing post-stroke care in the DFW area.

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