TY - GEN AU - Edited by Catherine Forward, Ruth Trout and Jo Vincent AU - Forward,Catherine AU - Trout,Ruth AU - Vincent,Joanne TI - Understanding the lived experience of the stroke patient: a guide for health professionals SN - 9781032546964 AV - RC 388.5 .U51 PY - 2026/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Cerebrovascular disease KW - Patients KW - Care KW - Great Britain N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; What is stroke? / Ruth Trout, Claire Lynch, Catherine Lamb -- Maintaining independence and staying safe / Fiona Chalk, Jennifer Huffadine, Lyndsey Shawe in collaboration with Oxford Stroke Patient Group -- Communication / Claire Hartley, in collaboration with South Birmingham (BCU) Conversation Group -- Keeping comfortable and keeping going : supporting and promoting wellbeing post-stroke / Rachel Hayden, Gill Hoad -- Enjoying food and drink / Sarah Davies, Konstantinos Eleftheriadis -- Managing and maintaining continence / Julia Williams, Fiona Chalk, Ruth Trout -- Washing and dressing / Sarah Thirtle, Annette Palmer -- Sleep, work and play / Zeliha Tulek, Hilalnur Kucukakgun -- Mobilising and functional mobility / Lyndsey Shawe, Fiona Chalk -- Relationships, intimacy and sexuality / Fiona Chalk, Ruth Trout, Julia Williams -- Facing mortality and loss / Catherine Hamilton, Hannah Moseley ER -