The intra-rater reliability of the balance performance monitor when measuring sitting symmetry and weight-shift activity after stroke in a community setting.

Objective: To examine the intra-rater reliability of sitting symmetry and weight-shift activity measurements in poststroke adults.

Design: An intra-rater reliability study.

Setting: A community setting.

Setting priorities for a discharge plan for stroke patients entering nursing home care.

Objective: To agree priorities for the structure and content of the discharge process for stroke patients entering nursing home care.

Design: A formal priority-setting exercise using the Nominal Group Technique.

Participants: A panel of 12 members of a multidisciplinary team from a hospital and community setting with experience in the management of stroke patients on a daily basis.

Stroke patients entering nursing home care: a content analysis of discharge letters.

Objective: To examine the information contained in medical and nursing staff hospital discharge letters for stroke patients entering nursing home care.

Design: A retrospective content analysis comparing case notes with discharge letters.

Setting: Nottingham (UK) hospitals.