How A Stroke Impacts Mobility, Cognition, and Behavior
Stroke can affect a person physically, emotionally, cognitively (the way a person thinks), and the way a person acts (behavior).
Some of the challenges your treatment team will look for include:
Thinking Skills |
Behavior and Emotions |
| Arousal | Mood |
| Attention and Concentration | Initiation and Apathy |
| Memory | Social Skills |
| Problem Solving | Awareness and Insight |
| Impulsivity | |
| Anger and Agitation |
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| Anxiety and Depression | |
Body Functions |
Communication |
| Bowel and Bladder | General Communication Tips |
| Nutrition | Language impairment- Aphasia |
| Skin | Motor Speech disorder- Apraxia |
| Swallowing | |
| Respiratory Health | |
| Vision |
Positioning and Mobility |
Nutrition |
| Splinting and Bracing | |
| Positioning | |
| Transfers |
Other problems may arise that are not on the list above. Some problems affect many people while others seldom occur.
Types of problems, as well as length and amount of recovery, vary considerably from person to person depending on the location, type and extent of their stroke.
