Education Resources

• A Stroke Resource Guide for Health Service Providers Working with Aboriginal Peoples of Ontario
• An Orientation to Essential Professional Conversations
• Caring for Caregivers Resource Centre
• Differentiating Dementia, Delerium & Depression
• Heart & Stroke – Health Information Publications
• Hemispheres® – Stroke Competency Series
• Hypertension PowerPoint and Facilitator’s Guide
• Introduction to Stroke PowerPoint and Facilitator’s Guide
• Online Orientation to the Transition Resources for Stroke Care
• The Healthline E-learning Module

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Web-Based Resource for Persons with Stroke and Family/Caregivers

Guide for Stroke Recovery Website http://www.strokerecovery.guide is a mobile-friendly website that allows persons with stroke and family/caregivers to easily navigate information about common post-stroke topics and find practical strategies, video demonstrations and actionable solutions to common questions or concerns after stroke.  The layout and content of the website were designed to empower a self-management approach and facilitate community re-engagement.   For a general overview of this resource, click HERE.

We invite you to refer to the Stroke Recovery Guide Website Frequently Asked Questions to answer questions you may have.

Updated Guide for Stroke Recovery 

This resource has been updated to reflect feedback from stakeholders and persons with stroke and has been translated into various languages.  To access the revised Guide for Stroke Recovery, click one of the links below:

• Guide for Stroke Recovery – English
• Guide for Stroke Recovery – Simplified Chinese
• Guide for Stroke Recovery – Portuguese
• Guide for Stroke Recovery – Italian 
• Guide for Stroke Recovery – Punjabi

A number of worksheets are available in Guide for Stroke Recovery to assist persons with stroke to track their progress. Click on any of the following headings below to get extra copies.

For a general overview of this resource, refer to the videos below which provide a quick overview of this resource.

Below is a resource that can help with the implementation and use of Guide for Stroke Recovery.

• Frequently Asked Questions

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Health Promotion

• Self-Management Toolkit: A  Resource for Healthcare Providers
• Ontario Stroke Network: A Guide for Choosing a Community Exercise Program for People with Stroke

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Prevention

• Adult BMI Calculator
• Canadian Diabetes Association – Nutritional Guidelines, Tools and Resources
• Hypertension Canada
• Sodium 101
• Thrombosis Canada

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Acute Care

Dysphagia Resources

• A Conversation on Management of Dysphagia
• A Conversation on Management of Dysphagia – Facilitator’s Guide
• A Step-by-Step Approach – Implementing Best Practice Guidelines for Dysphagia & TOR-BSST© Dysphagia Screening
• Heart & Stroke – Improving Recognition and Management of Dysphagia in Acute Stroke

Repatriation Resources

• Toronto Stroke Networks’ Medical Redirect for Stroke and the Repatriation Process Brochures –  Please share the below brochures with your patients and their family members:
  • English – for the print shop version, click HERE
  • Cantonese
  • Hindi
  • Italian
  • Mandarin
  • Polish
  • Portugese
  • Spanish
  • Tamil
  • Urdu

Stroke Unit Resources

• A Guide to the Implementation of Stroke Unit Care

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Rehabilitation and Recovery

• Evidence-Based Review of Stroke Rehabilitation: Educational Modules
• SCORE 

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Community and Long Term Care

• Best Practice Stroke Care Plans for Long Term Care (LTC) Homes:
  • Background/Overview
  • Stroke Care Plans Implementation Toolkit presentation
  • Toolkit Tips
  • Frequently Asked Questions
• Restoring Abilities After a Stroke: Achieving Best Life Experience (ABLE) Care Planning Guide
• Stroke Best Practice Bloggers (BP Bloggers):
  • Best Practice Blogger – Behaviours Issue
  • Best Practice Blogger – Consent and Capacity
  • Best Practice Blogger – Stroke and Depression
  • Best Practice Blogger – Stroke and Exercise
  • Best Practice Blogger – Stroke Facts
  • Best Practice Blogger – Stroke Facts 
• Heart & Stroke – Starting a Self-Help Group for People Who Have Had a Stroke
• Heart & Stroke – Taking Action for Optimal Community and Long-Term Stroke Care: A Resource for Healthcare Providers (TACLS)