Open AccessAn expert opinion: Vocational rehabilitation after stroke
Author(s) -
Siobhan M. Leary,
Joanne Hurford,
Niamh Shanahan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
advances in clinical neuroscience and rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2397-267X
pISSN - 1473-9348
DOI - 10.47795/oeap6518
Subject(s) - rehabilitation , vocational rehabilitation , expert opinion , vocational education , stroke (engine) , intervention (counseling) , service (business) , work (physics) , psychological intervention , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychology , medicine , physical therapy , nursing , medical education , business , pedagogy , engineering , intensive care medicine , marketing , mechanical engineering
Less than half of people return to work following a stroke. For those who do, their return is often complicated by residual 'invisible' symptoms. It is important to ask about work and to provide intervention early in the rehabilitation process. Specialist vocational rehabilitation services can support more complex and long-term interventions, but there is a paucity of service provision which needs to be addressed.