Emotional and Behavioral Changes After Stroke:

Emotional and Behavioral Changes After Stroke:

  

Emotional Factors in Recovery

Following a stroke, my wife become anxiety, fear, and frustration at the first day she recover and bring back home.  Initially she suffer of confusion that makes it impossible to do the simplest mental tasks. She often feel helpless and dependent, and her sense of self-worth is diminished. I as caregiver and all family members are important to understand the survivor's limitations and allow an appropriate time for recovery. Self-worth, confidence and enjoyment of life will gradually return. My wife as first few month her healing progress very slow. I as caregiver and responsible husband has to be very patient to look after her and need a comprehensive care. 

What I am  try so much to give  encouragement to her. It is an extremely important motivating factor for stroke survivors. Caregivers should avoid being critical. So what I am doing, try to accept that my wife been attacked by stroke is plan by the Greater Creator Allah. The happening is planned by Allah for the good of our self. Avoid any nagging tends to upset and anger stroke survivors, and discourages rather than encourages effort.

Determination is essential in overcoming the effects of a stroke. Patients must be willing to adapt to the disability and be convinced that by therapy they will improve. It has to be stressed that the will to recover does pay off. Nothing helps raise the body and spirit of the survivor of a recent stroke like seeing how their own hard work helps their recovery.  the hope for her recovery is merging by 6 month duration of home rehabilitation. She start to gain confident to do herself with minimum  movement.

ü  Set attainable goals  the road to recovery is built of simple    

       achievements.

ü  Involve the survivor in daily activities and routines.

ü  Encourage independent activities, while recognizing the survivor's  

       limitations.

ü  Try to maintain social contacts within the family and community.

I am practiced the following guidelines that encourage a positive recovery.

1.                   Set attainable goals  the road to recovery is built of simple achievements.

What I am doing is to put the hope that my wife will recover back to normal position if we pray to the God, Allah The Mercy. My wife was coaching to perform pray and put the hope to Allah that the recovery process is going to improve her disability and handicap. I support and courage her to do the exercise even a simple movement of finger, leg, tight and so forth. By doing this she will be more confident to do the movement of her muscle and bit by bit the improvement and change occur. This bring her confident to the future live. This is the most effective inside booster to speed up her healing process. Alhamdulillah the change is great and her achievement very tremendous.

             

2.                   Involve the survivor in daily activities and routines.

The most important thing try to gain back patient confident, the disability of right arm and leg after stroke attack was limited her movement and make her difficulties to do her daily living need (DLN). For the few week I am doing all her DLN but after six moth she recovery slightly better, then she manage to do herself a few activity such as drinking and eating. I am keeping coaching and giving motivation to her that her healing for recovery are better and faster. Thus giving her inner self confidence and to achieve better will and hope for her to be independent. Alhamdulillah it seem the strategy was successful and able her to heal faster. 

To be continue.....