title: Prevention and other special management issues in the postacute care of the geriatric stroke patient.
abstract: Rehabilitation of older stroke patients does not take place isolated from social and medical problems. Nurses and internists are crucial members of the interdisciplinary team, maintaining health and preventing long- and short-term complications in the stroke survivor. This review describes our research interests and clinical approaches to some of the special medical and nursing needs of the population, using prevention as a model for caring for these chronically ill patients and their families.
authors: Divisions of Geriatric Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA.
authors: E L
authors: EL
authors: Siegler
authors: University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA.
authors: F W
authors: FW
authors: Whitney