Child care and parenting issues for the young stroke survivor.
Parenting is a complex and challenging task for any parent and it becomes even more complicated for an individual who experiences a disability. Literature addressing the parenting role for individuals who have experienced a stroke is limited. This article provides information on evaluation tools available for assessing an individual's ability to perform child care tasks and intervention strategies such as adaptive techniques and equipment for maximizing ability and promoting safe performance of child care tasks by the individual who has experienced a stroke. Product and literature resources that can be used by either the health professional or the parent with a stroke to facilitate parenting and child care task performance are included.
a Clinical Education Program Coordinator.
Kathleen Hilko
KH
Culler
b Clinical Supervisor , Spinal Cord Program.
Christine
C
Jasch
c Clinical Supervisor, Stroke Program Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Chicago , Illinois.
Susan
S
Scanlan
adaptive equipment and techniques; child care; parenting; stroke