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Stroke Care Management: Motivation and Engagement

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Lack of motivation can impact negatively on the individual’s participation in rehabilitation and recovery phases post-stroke. Decreased participation and engagement during rehabilitation greatly influences the level of function gained, length of hospital stay, mood and discharge destination.

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Lack of motivation can impact negatively on the individual’s participation in rehabilitation and recovery phases post-stroke. Decreased participation and engagement during rehabilitation greatly influences the level of function gained, length of hospital stay, mood and discharge destination. Motivation is the drive or reason that a patient has to participate in their rehabilitation. However, motivation levels can be negatively affected by apathy and depression, which are commonly seen in the stroke patient population. In literature and in clinical practice, the terms depression and apathy; are often used interchangeably. In psychiatric medicine, apathy is viewed as a symptom of depression. Neurologically, there are distinct differences between these two phenomena.

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Annette Horton
Annette Horton is a Registered Nurse with over 30 years extensive nursing, rehabilitation and management experience. Since 2004 Annette has held a Nurse Unit Manager position of a regional rehabilitation unit in Queensland. Annette is a member of the Australasian Rehabilitation Nurses Association (ARNA) and has presented several papers at ARNA national conferences. Annette has her own nursing blog entitled Nurseconvo, and more recently has become a contributing writer for Ausmed. Interests include stroke, rehabilitation, continence, leadership and management, coaching and case management.
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Jacinta Chamings
09 Oct 2020
new knowledge learned
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Tammy keys
04 Feb 2022
gave me knowledge I was unaware of , such as music to aid in post stroke cognitive and verbal concerns.
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Andreia Collins
24 Jun 2021
If I have a client with stroke I will be able to assist with more knowledge
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Jillian Bellman
22 Nov 2019
Excellent new knowledge found.
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Jennifer Brown
30 May 2022
Registered Nurse
Excellent article that has given me motivation to support and encourage stroke patients and how i can motivate them also
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Eddie Irons
11 Jun 2020
Although this was a brief article, I felt that this allowed me to revisit this form of injury and complaint. Although still in paramedic practice, I tend not to see this group of patients given the nature of my role. I was happy with the content, explanation and resources offered to further establish my knowledge base and increase learning
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Dianne Hull
11 Oct 2020
This provides a good basic strategies for motivation and apathy
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soumya cherian
19 Sep 2020
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