Resources
Stroke Recovery Information
Below are links we think you may find informative
24-hour resources:
- Visit The Stroke Network website for information, support and live chat, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. www.strokenetwork.org
General Information about Stroke and Stroke Recovery:
- A multimedia website that makes understanding stroke much easier: www.hearthub.org
- National Stroke Association: www.stroke.org/site/PageNavigator/HOME
- For information about exercises for stiffness and stress release: http://www.alexandertechnique.com
- American Stroke Association: http://www.strokeassociation.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200037
- American Heart Association: http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000
- Stroke Information from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke: www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/stroke/stroke.htm
- Medline Plus is a website with medical information about stroke: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/stroke.html
- For information about the Alexander Technique of physical therapy and how it can help with movement dysfunction, see www.physicaltherapy.org
General Scientific Articles about Stroke:
- PubMed is a digital archive sponsored by the US National Library of Medicine that includes thousands of citations of published research. http://pubmed.gov
- Google Scholar is a free web search engine that helps find scholarly articles www.scholar.google.com
- The Science Blog offers science news about stroke: www.scienceblog.com
For Caregivers:
- Visit Caring Bridge to set up communication support when a loved one is having medical treatment www.caringbridge.org
- A helpful stroke caregivers handbook can be downloaded from the Stroke Safe website www.strokesafe.org/handbook.htm
- The Stroke Network also offers a handbook: www.strokecaregiver.org/handbook.htm
- Caregiver information for African American families can be found on the Internet Stroke Center: http://64.37.123.165/pat/caregivers.htm
- National Stroke Association caregivers website: http://www.stroke.org/site/PageServer?pagename=CARE
For Help with Speech and Communication:
- National Aphasia Association website provides useful information about aphasia: www.aphasia.org
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association gives an overview of the language and speck deficits that may result from stroke: www.asha.org/public/speech
- Aphasia Hope Foundation links to articles about stroke and communication disorders: www.aphasiahope.org
- Academy of Neurogenic Communication Disorders and Sciences website links to other sites and full-text articles about the latest research for evaluating and treating communication disorders that may result from stroke: www.ancds.org
For Parents With Children Who Have Had a Stroke:
- Children’s Hemiplegia and Stroke Administration is an internet-based group that offers support: www.chasa.org or www.hemikids.org
- The Family Village offers support to parents of disabled children: www.familyvillage.wisc.edu
- Federation for Children with Special Needs provides information and support www.fcsn.org
- Pediatric Stroke Network brings together families of childhood stroke survivors: www.pediatricstrokenetwork.com
- Special Child is an online publication dedicated to parents of special needs children: www.specialchild.com
- Easter Seals provides services that help disabled children: www.easter-seals.org
