Cognition in relation to independency in older, comorbid stroke patients in a stroke unit.

Objective: The objective of this study was to ascertain if cognition helps to predict functional outcome in older comorbid stroke patients with severe loss of independence.

Design: This is a cross-sectional study.

Subjects: The subjects of this study are patients who have suffered a stroke and who rehabilitated in the nursing homes' rehabilitation units and patients (n = 160) (mean age: 77; SD: 9.

The effects of increased therapy time on cognition and mood in frail patients with a stroke who rehabilitate on rehabilitation units of nursing homes in the Netherlands: a protocol of a comparative study.

Background: Recovery after stroke is dependent on how much time can be spent on rehabilitation. Recently, we found that therapy time for older stroke patients on a rehabilitation unit of a nursing home could be increased significantly from 8.6 to at least 13 hours a week.

'Can practice undertaken by patients be increased simply through implementing agreed national guidelines?' An observational study.

Objective: To increase autonomous practice time of patients on the stroke unit of a nursing home.

Intervention: Nurses stimulated and coached patients with the help of four interventions (muscle strengthening, sitting balance and reach, getting up from a chair, walking) from the evidence-based Clinical Nursing Rehabilitation Stroke Guidelines.

Design: An observational study.

Filling up the hours: how do stroke patients on a rehabilitation nursing home spend the day?

Objective: To describe the time use of stroke patients on rehabilitation units of a nursing home focusing on the time spent on therapeutic activities, non-therapeutic activities, interactions and the location wherein these took place.

Design: A descriptive study.

Setting: Rehabilitation units of a nursing home.