Five Star’s nurses are well-trained in stroke prevention. We provide head-to-toe assessment and guide patients through an established physician plan of care.
Respiratory diseases, such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), can cause serious illness or death. The Five Star Home Health care team implements four key actions to help improve our patients’ conditions.
 Stroke ranks as one of the leading causes of severe, long-term disability in the United States, and the majority of stroke survivors require the ongoing assistance of a family caregiver to avoid institutionalization.¹ Eventual institutionalization of the stroke survivor is often associated with caregiver stress.²⁻⁴ Caregiver stress has also been shown to interfere with rehabilitation, result in social isolation, cause declining health, cause caregiver depression at rates exceeding stroke survivor depression, and increase caregiver mortality.⁵⁻¹⁰ Fortunately, a systematic review and scientific statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association (AHA / ASA) reports that dyad interventions consisting of only five to nine visits can significantly improve the health outcomes of both the stroke survivor and the family caregiver.¹¹
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