STROKECare at Home

At Premier Visiting Nurse, we provide each patient with personalized, in-home stroke rehabilitation services. Our STROKECare program helps stroke patients regain optimal physical function, avoid re-hospitalization and live with greater independence at home. Our multidisciplinary team works closely with stroke patients and their families to develop individualized rehabilitation plans for the best results. Each plan is designed to optimize the patient’s level of function — including mobility, dressing, eating, memory, comprehension and communication.

Our STROKECare program includes:

  • Individualized rehabilitation plans
  • Ongoing assessment of the patient’s condition
  • Prompt communication with the patient’s physician when modifications to the plan of care may be needed
  • Education of in-home caregivers to assist in the patient’s rehabilitation between home care visits
  • Multiple therapy options to help patients regain function and optimize mobility
  • Fast delivery of home medical equipment from Premier Visiting Nurse’s medical equipment division
  • Nutrition information and diet plans designed for the needs of stroke patients
  • Specially trained wound, ostomy and continence nurses

Our multidisciplinary STROKECare team includes:

  • Nurses
  • Occupational therapists
  • Physical therapists
  • Speech-language therapists
  • Social workers
  • Home health aides
  • Respiratory therapists and dietitians are also available as needed

Learn more about Why STROKECare at Home can benefit the patient. Our services are available 24 hours a day and we always have a Registered Nurse on call to answer any questions you may have.

For more information, call 248-597-9040, or toll-free 888-96-NURSE.

To speak with a representative, call 248-597-9040, or toll-free 888-96-NURSE.

Why STROKECare at Home?

Fewer hospital readmissions

The hospitalization rate for patients enrolled in the STROKEcare program is significantly lower than the state and national averages.

Better quality of life

Studies show that treatment in a specialized stroke rehabilitation program significantly improves the ability of stroke patients to remain living at home.

Improved outcomes

The majority of patients enrolled in the STROKEcare program successfully meet their rehabilitation goals and remain living at home.

Shorter hospital stays

Stroke patients enrolled in programs focusing on early discharge through home-based care went home an average of 8 days earlier than patients in comparison groups.