Brain injuries and the complications from stroke impact family members, loved ones and caregivers in significant and myriad ways. Just as every person’s brain is unique, every brain injury is different. One common thread that every family facing brain injury learns is that recovery truly is a process, one that works best with long-term planning and the commitment of everyone involved.
No family has to go through this alone. From inpatient care to outpatient care, ChristianaCare Union Hospital’s Stroke Rehab programs are uniquely designed to help each patient achieve the highest possible quality of life and independence — and to support caregivers in learning to help coach them through recovery. Our interdisciplinary team of stroke and brain injury experts regularly reviews each patient’s progress and adjusts treatment goals, openly communicates with family members and caregivers to ensure that coordination, communication and consistency remain priorities for each patient’s individualized treatment plan.
To help ensure that recovery continues to progress, we’re here to help with:
Occupational therapy
- Activities of daily living and life skills training.
- Upper-extremity retraining.
- Splinting/serial casting.
- Community re-entry.
- Functional cognition skills.
- Visual-perceptual therapy
Physical therapy
- Balance programming.
- Advanced mobility equipment.
- Gait and transfer training.
- Strengthening and endurance programs.
Speech and language pathology
- Swallow therapy including videos swallows and FEES testing.
- Voice therapy.
- Speech and language skills retraining.
- Language-based cognitive skills.
We can also help connect you with community-based services to help make life easier:
- Assistance for visual impairment.
- Community support groups.
- Door-to-door transportation assistance.
- Driver education
- Financial management.
- Orthotics and prosthetics.
- Psychiatry and counseling.
- Spasticity and tone management.
- Vocational rehabilitation.
When healing from stroke or traumatic brain injury, recovery is measured differently for each patient. Let us help your family put the right plan in place to meet your goals.
ChristianaCare Union Hospital offers a free Stroke Support Group the second Wednesday of each month. The group meets at 10:30 a.m. at the Cecil Campus. Please call 410- 398- 4000 for questions or directions.