An integral part of the team’s role is to provide education and information provision to patients and their families/carers.
The doctor has explained to Trevor that he is experiencing emotional lability, Nurse Jones also talks about coping strategies, medication and ongoing emotional support. She provides them with the following publications and encourages the family to raise any worries or concerns they might have at any time.
- ‘Thinking and Behaviour Issues after Stroke’ is being updated so is not currently available
- Coming to terms with a stroke [PDF, 299KB]
Good practice points for providing information: (SIGN 118)
- Information should be made available to patients and carers routinely, in a variety of formats
- Information should be tailored to the information needs of individual patients and carers
- Check patient and carer understanding of the information provided to ensure clarity
- Information needs should be monitored as these needs can change over time
Page last reviewed: 21 Feb 2020
