Stroke Rehab
Restoring the Lives of People after a Stroke
In Canada, someone has a stroke every 10 minutes.
That’s more than 50,000 strokes in this country each year—a number that is expected to rise as baby boomers age.
Stroke and heart disease are the leading cause of death and disability in Canada. Strokes can affect movement, balance and coordination, memory, reasoning, speech and language.
Worse still, only 10 per cent of people who have a stroke recover completely. The rest are left with permanent or long-lasting disability. The impact for stroke survivors and their family is enormous.
Toronto Rehab—Maximizing Life
Toronto Rehab is a leader in stroke rehabilitation.
In 2010, our program was named a
Program of Distinction by Accreditation Canada. We are one of the first programs in Canada to receive this award which recognizes outstanding commitment to excellence and leadership.
At Toronto Rehab, we help people with a stroke to maximize life. We help them recover their abilities and find ways to adapt to any disabilities that remain. We help them regain their independence so that they can live their lives to the fullest.
Individualized Care for Better Outcomes
Strokes affect each person differently and our care reflects that.
We help people achieve goals that are meaningful to them and their family. Our interprofessional health care team works with each person and their family to develop an individualized treatment plan that meets their needs. We focus on superior outcomes for each and every patient.
Toronto Rehab has a variety of specialized services to meet the needs of people who have had a stroke:
Finding Solutions
We integrate the latest research into all the care we provide.
In fact, our researchers work side by side with the health care team. Our patients participate in research—and benefit from discoveries as we make them.
We focus on new and effective solutions to help people now. For example, Toronto Rehab researchers developed the innovative techniques used in our balance and mobility clinic. Every one of our stroke patients now receives an assessment of their gait (walking) and balance using this new technology.
We’re also sharing our innovations with rehabilitation providers across the country and around the world. Recent innovations in stroke care include:
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The use of functional electrical stimulation (FES) to help patients relearn how to grasp objects.
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New methods to treat tongue weakness to help individuals recover their swallowing function.
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A robotic arm used with computer video games that helps people regain upper body strength.