Key issues covered

Spiritual Care

• Appreciating the value of spiritual care
• Who may offer spiritual care
• Recognising when someone may benefit from spiritual care support
• How/when to make an appropriate referral to the spiritual care team

Anxiety

• What anxiety is and how common it is post stroke
• The strategies which physiological and emotional signs and symptoms may be apparent
• The common and more subtle signs and symptoms
• The strategies that may be used to reduce a person’s anxiety

Depression

• What depression is and how common it is post stroke
• The incidence of depression post stroke
• How to screen for mood disturbances
• The strategies which may be used to help prevent depression
• How to distinguish between depression, emotional lability and a natural reaction to stroke
• How you can support a person who has been diagnosed with depression
• When it is appropriate to refer the person to a specialist practitioner

Emotional lability

• What emotional lability is and how common it is post stroke
• The incidence of emotional lability following stroke
• The signs of emotional lability
• How you may screen for/diagnose emotional lability
• Which treatment options are available
• How staff and/or family members may support a person with emotional lability