What Are Strokes and How Can Care Homes Help

Here at Deeside Care Home, we provide personal care always going above and beyond, with 24 hour support for stroke residents within Nursing Care. From supporting them for long term care, to daily rehabilitation exercises and activities, Deeside Care Home ensures anyone with long term disabilities resulting from strokes feel content and comfortable within our home.

For anyone recovering from a stroke, we can guarantee bespoke care plans due to the amount of care each resident needs depending on the type of stroke they've suffered. We're proud to provide personal care and support for our stroke residents at various levels, from 24 hour assistance to little assistance.

Every resident here at Deeside Care Home enjoys all the outstanding facilities and social activities we have on offer. Our friendly team of carers and activity coordinators facilitate everyday help for stroke residents in terms of mobility, ensuring that they can get involved in a range of activities and social events that they may not be able to enjoy otherwise. For example, we have an outdoor space, on-site cinema rooms, an on-site hair salon and spa, arts and crafts and more.

If you're looking for a care home specialising in Nursing Care for stroke residents, who want to get the most out of their life, gaining as much independence as possible, Deeside Care Home is the place for you or your loved one. Additionally, we have an on-site chef who makes delicious meals for all residents, ensuring they receive healthy, nutritious meals, all cooked fresh on the day.

When recovering from a stoke, alongside their care, they'll also need physical and emotional care and thats exactly what we provide. Our professional nurses take care of the physical side of things, while the Activities Coordinator creates a nurturing environment for emotional wellbeing, preventing anxiety and depression. Our care home is located in the beautiful city of Aberdeen, known for its famous granite buildings and monuments, the central beach and dolphins, the idyllic setting to boost our residents well being.

Deeside Care Home is the best place for those recovering from a stroke, feeling like their own home, receiving outstanding care. If you're a family member wanting to make sure your loved one receives the best level of care in a comfortable setting, don't hesitate to get in touch with us today.

What Are The Signs Of Stroke?

It's important to know the signs of a stroke, especially those under the risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, smoking, atrial fibrillation and carotid artery disease. You can be rest assured that our team of professionals know what to look out for and their always on hand to provide around the clock help for all residents.

A stroke happens when the blood supply is cut off at their brain. A common type of stoke is an Ischemic stroke, which happens when a blood clot prevents blood flow to the brain, a stroke can also happen when a blood vessel bursts.

Here are some signs to be aware of:

A drooped face, most noticeable around their eyes and mouth.

Slurred speech that you most likely won't be able to understand.

Unable to lift one arm, due to strokes effecting one side of the body. If any of these symptoms occur, call the emergency services immediately.

Specialised Carers For Stroke Support

When a family member has someone within our care home for stroke rehabilitation and support, they want to know they'll receive the best care possible. Here at Deeside, you can be at ease knowing that our home manager is overseeing our care home, alongside qualified nurses and assistants to handle strokes, giving the correct support and medical care required.

Within Deeside Care Home, we have an approach called Key Nursing. Key Nursing is where each resident is allocated their own nurse, meaning they'll become a familiar face and provide 24/7 care to support their resident as well as their friends and family. Alongside the 24-hour support whilst fostering independence, they also maintain the dignity of our residents. Even weeks or months after a stroke occurs, residents will need ongoing and attentive care and thats what we can ensure.

Within our care home, we provide en-suite bedrooms that feature profiling beds, specialised nursing equipment and nurse call systems. We encourage all of our residents to add personal touches to their own room to make it truly theirs. We're dedicated about delivering the highest quality of nursing care. During that care, our team will help our residents perform with daily routines such as bathing and dressing as well as rehabilitation exercises such as speech therapy to help their communication skills and physical therapy. We make sure everything is monitored so our residents friends and family can keep up to date with their care and process.

Our team are also knowledgeable when it comes to emotional support, due to the condition also affecting their mental health our staff will know what signs to look out for if and when a resident is struggling emotionally.

The Benefits of Nursing Care for Stroke Residents

When you choose Deeside Care Home for Nursing Care you can expect the following benefits:

No matter what time of the day, or nurses and carers are on call 24 hours a day, ready to provide the best level of care when needed.

Alongside all of the expert staff here at Deeside, residents will also receive the care from in house specialists who know exactly what to look for when looking after individuals who have had medical conditions such as a stroke. This ensures all residents care and recovery have a prospective and pleasant experience.

Not everyone who suffers from a stroke will experience the same symptoms, which is why we provide all levels of care, monitoring residents daily to see how much care they need, from Nursing and Residential Care to physiotherapy exercises and language therapy.

How We Can Support You At Deeside Care Home

One of the best parts about Deeside Care Home is our wholesome, friendly and welcoming community. In our homes, no one can grow lonely or bored, we all provide a helpful and positive atmosphere everyday.

Relatives or friends of those suffering after a stroke also want to know that their loved ones will receive outstanding care and thats exactly what we do. We take the care aspect out of the family's hands whilst still ensuring plenty of visits.

Exercise and Activities Within Deeside Care Home

Within our care home we are privileged enough to be able to offer a range of amenities and facilities to ensure our residents maintain an active, healthy and social lifestyle.

After a stroke its important to start being more active as this can be a massive addition to boosting your confidence and recovery, being more active can also improve your sleep and mood. From social activities with other residents, days out, classes and other little exercise groups to rehabilitation exercises, we're here to support wherever we can. If needed we can also sort out other forms of therapy such as occupational.

We think its important for our residents to take part in our arts and crafts as well as other activities we have on offer as it can be helpful for the motor aspects of a stroke, but also by encouraging them to practice the larger and finer arm movements needed to create some arts and crafts. It also stimulates the 'creative' parts of the brain which can be very beneficial.

If you're looking for somewhere where your loved one can go, be looked after and cared for in the best place possible for their individual needs, Deeside Care Home is the nursing home for you. We're always happy to listen to any questions or queries and we're also here to offer any advice needed. Our friendly team is here for you when you contact us, so don't hold back, we're here to help and make life easier for everyone.