Are physiotherapists and occupational therapists following the guidelines for discharge summary?-An analysis of the content of physiotherapists' and occupational therapists' discharge summaries and their adherence to stroke guideline recommendations.

Purpose: Discharge summaries are important tools for communication between health care levels and can ensure continuity of rehabilitation. This study aims to gain insight into the content of discharge summaries written by hospital physiotherapists and occupational therapists regarding patients with stroke, and their adherence to recommended criteria for discharge summaries.

Material And Methods: 31 physiotherapy and multidisciplinary discharge summaries, for stroke patients discharged home from hospital with need of follow-up, were included in the study.

Transitional care for patients with acute stroke-A priority-setting project.

Background: The scope of this priority-setting process is communication and collaboration in transitional care for patients with acute stroke. Actively involving persons with stroke and their family caregivers is important both in transitional care and when setting priorities for research. Established priority-setting methods are time-consuming and require extensive resources.