Life After Stroke
Getting back to usual pastimes, work, hobbies, and travel can be difficult after stroke. Making the effort to go out will, however, help recovery and quality of life. It may be necessary to adapt activities to fit in with the individual's disabilities.
I hope this site will help you to get the information you need to give it a try. If you have had a stroke and are now back to sport, leisure, and work, please let us know what helped you get back. If there are any facilities which are particularly suited for people with stroke related disabilities, please let us know.
If you have got back top leisure activities and would like to let other stroke patients know how best to go about it please contact us to let us know how you can help.
Stroke Association Family Support can be contacted directly via this link.
Stroke Art Cafe
Have you or somebody you care for had a stroke?
Art support group for you!
Anybody affected by stroke or wanting to attend or volunteer is welcome.
Hanley Library, Bethesda Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3RS
Tuesday PM (13:00-15:00) every fortnight. Please contact Magdalen McAtominey
iveron@uwclub.net 01782 723873 for
further information.
Newcastle and Kidsgrove Community Rehabilitation Team. if you are working age you can self refer to the service. Please click link for details.
Strokes 'R' Us - the young stroke group (Stoke)
Different Strokes- the young stroke (national organization)
Sex (general information) (detailed information on intimacy after stoke)
Regaining confidence Brain repair website: advice on recovery for stroke survivors.
Services for people who are fed via a PEG tube after the stroke
The Regional Driving Assessment Centre is an accredited member of the Forum of Mobility Centres, and runs centres in Birmingham, Oxford, Cannock, Hull and Northampton to help disabled people of all ages and the elderly maintain their independent mobility safely. The centres have a fleet of adapted vehicles permanently available which can cater for a wide range of mobility needs. Services include driving ability assessment, advice on adaptations and passenger/Carer Assessment. More information is available on the RDAC Information leaflet: Advice and information for people who have had a stroke and their carers and they can be contacted via email to Sharon Reynolds or by phone on 0845 337 1540.
Driving Assessment Centres in Cannock and Birmingham
Getting involved: Mr Brin Helliwell, a 'strokie' and user representative on the West Midlands Stroke Research Network Management Board, Part 1 and Part 2 of the speech.
Personal experience of involvement in research part 1 part 2 part 3