Overview

Ischemic stroke is a recurrent disease in older adults, so in addition to health promotion and prevention as indispensable processes for the non-occurrence of these events, being prepared for rehabilitation is a fact of vital importance. This book contains the results of a research whose objective is: To elaborate a material that gathers information about hemiplegia in ischemic stroke, in order to motivate the patient and the family during the rehabilitation process. This derived from the fact that the lack of knowledge of the patient and family in rehabilitation does not motivate their systematic participation during therapies. The study was developed in the southeastern province of Cuba, Guantanamo, in which professionals of the Polyclinic "Omar Ranedo Pubillones" were involved, the sample is made up of 47 patients with a diagnosis of Cerebrovascular Disease, between the ages of 60 to 74 years, also part of the sample are 100 relatives of patients afflicted by this disease.