Exemplary post-discharge stroke rehabilitation programs: A multiple case study.

Objective: The objective of this study was to identify essential aspects of exemplary post-discharge stroke rehabilitation as perceived by patients, care partners, rehabilitation providers, and administrators.

Design: We carried out an exploratory qualitative, multiple case study. Stroke network representatives from four regions of the province of Ontario, Canada each nominated one post-discharge rehabilitation program they felt was exemplary.

The implications of the Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations for design and allocation of rehabilitation after hospital discharge: a problematization.

: Implementation of the Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations has improved inpatient rehabilitation. As attention is turned to the design and allocation of rehabilitation after hospitalization, examination of their implications for post-discharge rehabilitation could help optimize service planning Critical discourse analysis modeled on Alvesson and Sandberg's method of problematization was conducted to determine how the Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations envision and shape post-discharge rehabilitation, and identify any tensions and potential ways to resolve them. Within the Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations post-discharge rehabilitation is implicitly viewed as a continuation of inpatient rehabilitation.