Team of specialists helps stroke patients along road to recovery

Jennifer Spieker and Joshua Onyan Jennifer Spieker and Joshua Onyan
(photo by Jim Howe) (photo by Jim Howe) After the initial treatment
for a stroke, a team of specially trained people helps guide the
patient through recovery both in the hospital and after discharge.
Upstate stroke outreach coordinator and nurse Joshua Onyan and
occupational therapist Jennifer Spieker describe this process,
during which a patient is evaluated and helped with needs that
might include therapy to recover speech or movement, as well as
monitoring medications and overall health. They note that young
people are also affected by stroke and that each patient faces
different challenges, often depending on which area of the brain
the stroke  affected. After the initial treatment for a
stroke, a team of specially trained people helps guide the patient
through recovery both in the hospital and after discharge. Upstate
stroke outreach coordinator and nurse Joshua Onyan and occupational
therapist Jennifer Spieker describe this process, during which a
patient is evaluated and helped with needs that might include
therapy to recover speech or movement, as well as monitoring
medications and overall health. They note that young people are
also affected by stroke and that each patient faces different
challenges, often depending on which area of the brain the
stroke  affected. Click here Click here for more information
about stroke and its treatment, including how to spot a stroke in
progress, from the Upstate Comprehensive Stroke Center.  for
more information about stroke and its treatment, including how to
spot a stroke in progress, from the Upstate Comprehensive Stroke
Center.