A stroke can strike at any time, and at almost any age. The results can be devastating not only to the person who suffered the stroke but also to their families and spouses who overnight need to become caregivers. What the stroke survivor does with their time can be completely altered through physical or cognitive impairments. Previous hobbies and leisure interests, things that help define us as people, may be impossible to enjoy in the same way or at all.

Providing care for someone who has suffered a stroke can be extremely demanding on the caregiver. Hiring qualified and professional help can make all the difference and protect the health of the caregiver.

• What does the stroke survivor do with their time?
• Do you need qualified support to ensure that their days are still meaningful, productive and rewarding?
• Is there a risk of depression? Are they frustrated and need professional help coping with new realities?
• Do they need to re-evaluate how they spend their time and learn new skills and interests?
• What were their activities and pursuits that gave them pleasure and helped define them as a person?
• Do they need help adapting these activities to fit current abilities?

Fortunately, there are qualified and specially trained professionals available to help with these vital aspects of stroke care and personal rehabilitation. They are called Recreation Therapists and through our agency they can come for regular visits and help improve quality of living. It’s like a stroke recovery day program that comes to the home.

• Our services are tax deductible as a medical expense
• Our therapists are college and university educated
• They have working experience with stroke survivors and the physical, cognitive and emotional challenges they face
• The recreation therapist can help adapt previously enjoyed activities to accommodate current abilities and health status
• They can design a customized program of physical, social, and cognitive activities that are meaningful and therapeutic
• The recreation therapist can work with speech therapists, physiotherapists and others involved with rehabilitation, and blend those goals into therapeutic activity programs
• The therapist will engage the stroke survivor in fun and stimulating activities either in the home or take them on outings into the community
• The caregiver is able to leave the house during the time that the recreation therapist is there
• You can set a regular schedule of visits, and the same recreation therapist comes every time
• We can provide service in multiple languages
• All our staff are insured and have police checks

If you need respite and stroke care that goes beyond bathing and feeding, helps you mange the challenges of caring for a person who has suffered a stroke, and provides active therapy that improves quality of living please contact us today.

Our services are tax deductible as a medical expense
VAC health identification cards are accepted
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Benefits of this service to our clients

• Regain a sense of independence
• Improved strength and balance for falls prevention
• Learn new skills and develop new interests
• Ability to “age in place” and not have to move to a care facility
• Relief from the periods of anxiety that can accompany Alzheimer’s and other dementias
• Better retention and access to memories
• Slowing down cognitive decline
• Learn how to participate in favourite activities in new or adapted ways
• Have choices in how time is spent
• Learn to manage better with a disease or health condition
• Increase in overall life satisfaction
• Improved social networks
• Develop an internal sense of motivation

If you have a specific benefit in mind that you want or goal you want to achieve please contact us. We can design a program to address any situation.

Benefits for families of our clients

• Peace of mind that comes with knowing that while you can’t be there, a qualified health professional is
• Knowledge that the therapy programs we deliver are custom tailored specifically to your family members unique strengths, interests and needs
• Satisfaction in watching your family member setting goals and achieving them
• Pleasure of seeing your family member smile and enjoy what they are doing
• Relief for the entire family as your family member’s quality of living improves
• Education from reading our detailed reports of each session and ongoing communication with our knowledgeable staff

Every family has their own story and unique set of needs and desires. We have been helping individuals and families all over Southern Ontario since 2003. Call us today to tell us how we can make a difference in your life.