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DVD 1: Understanding stroke: experts' advice

The latest breakthroughs in stroke science suggest that stroke can be avoided in up to 85% of cases, and for those who have had a stroke, the outcome can be substantially improved. How is this achieved? Watching this DVD is the first step.

The DVD covers over 40 aspects of stroke: spanning from understanding what stroke is and how to avoid it, to the understanding of the consequences of stroke, and practical recommendations on what to do to improve recovery and reduce stroke impact on stroke survivors, their families and caregivers.

Richly illustrated by animations and video interviews with leading health professionals, this comprehensive and cutting-edge educational DVD provides important and potentially life-saving information for stroke survivors, their families

and carers and those who are at risk of stroke. There are over 100 important practical issues and real-life questions addressed in the DVD! For example, health professionals who are experts on smoking, physical activity, as well as a dietician, rehabilitation specialist, neuro-psychologist, geriatric specialist, community nurse, and neurologist are interviewed and provide practical advice on how to stop smoking, increase your physical activity, improve your nutrition, and deal with various stroke consequences.

Chapter 1: Understanding strokes
(approx. running time 40 min)

• Understanding the brain (2 min & 35 sec)
• Understanding strokes and a TIA (8 min)
• Understanding stroke risk factors (10 min & 50 sec)
• Treatment options for strokes (4 min & 20 sec)
• Laboratory investigations in a stroke (6 min & 10 sec)
• Possible outcomes following a stroke (8 min)

Chapter 2: Experts’ Interviews
(approx. running time 87 min 30 sec)

• Expert on smoking (8 min & 40 sec)
• Expert in physical activity (7 min & 50 sec)
• Dietician/nutritionist (8 min & 40 sec)
• Rehabilitation specialist (16 min & 20 sec)
• Neuro-psychologist (9 min & 15 sec)
• Geriatric specialist (14 min & 20 sec)
• Community nurse (9 min & 55 sec)
• Neurologist (12 min & 15 sec)

DVD 2: Home care and rehabilitation

This world first award-winning DVD video guide to stroke recovery provides medically accurate and easy- to-follow, step-by-step educational and training information for stroke survivors and their families. The rehabilitation procedures can be used at home or any other facility by people who have no special medical background but who are caring for their loved ones. With this comprehensive stroke training solution DVD you will learn how to care for a stroke person and carry out rehabilitation exercises correctly.

The DVD contains 35 different care and rehabilitation techniques to choose from (e.g. feeding, massage, physical exercises, bathing, walking etc). All training procedures are accompanied by easy to understand explanations from health professionals.

Chapter 1: Early Care and Hygiene
(approx. running time 22 min)

• Recovery Position (1 min & 15 sec)
• Preventing bedsores (3 min & 5 sec)
• Changing sheets (2 min & 25 sec)
• Mouth care (2 min)
• Eye care (30 sec)
• Adjusting the bed (25 sec)
• Compressive stocking (2 min)
• Dealing with incontinence (30 sec)
• Rolling in bed with help (1 min)
• Putting on a hand splint (1 min)
• Arm sling support (40 sec)
• Putting on an ankle splint (1 min)
• Feeding (1 min & 20 sec)
• Bathing and showering (2 min & 30 sec)
• Dressing (1 min & 30 sec)

Chapter 2: Rehabilitation Exercises
(approx. running time 39 min)

• Bed exercises (2 min & 10 sec)
• Mouth and voice exercises (3 min & 30 sec)
• Breathing exercises (1 min)
• Hand exercises (2 min & 20 sec)
• Arm and hand movements (11 min & 30 sec)
• Leg movements (5 min & 30 sec)
• Hand massage (4 min)
• Leg massage (4 min & 50 sec)
• Relaxation (40 sec)
• Body orientation (50 sec)
• Balance exercises (2 min & 40 sec)

Chapter 3: Moving Around
(approx. running time 18 min)

• Getting out of bed with a bed lever (40 sec)
• Standing up from bed with one carer (2 min & 30 sec)
• Using a hoist (4 min & 40 sec)
• Transfer from bed to chair (1 min & 50 sec)
• Walking (1 min & 20 sec)
• Using the toilet (1 min & 35 sec)
• Managing in the kitchen (1 min & 10 sec)
• Using stairs (50 sec)
• Getting in the car (2 min & 10 sec)

DVD 3: Coping with stroke aftermath

Stroke is not the end of the world for stroke survivors and their families. There isalways a potential for improvement. Capacity of the brain to recover after stroke is enormous and often continues for months and even years. Because of this, stroke survivors and their families should never give up their fi ght for recovery and better independence.

This DVD provides important and valuable insight into the lives of people who have survived stroke and for those who are caregivers. These people share their personal experiences of successful dealing with stroke and its various consequences at different time periods after the stroke. They offer their experiences and coping strategies that you will find useful. Most importantly, you will see that you are not alone and if they could do it, you can do it too.

Chapters

1. The day of the stroke (17 min)
2. Why do strokes happen? (8 min & 10 sec)
3. Experience of hospitalization (13 min & 30 sec)
4. Effects of stroke on physical functioning and every-day activities(10 min & 15 sec)
5. Personal feelings after the stroke (13 min & 55 sec)
6. Personal experience with the rehabilitation process and recovery(29 min)
7. Returning home after hospital (12 min & 30 sec)
8. How to reduce your risk of another stroke? (19 min & 40 sec)
9. Caregivers’ experience and advice for other caregivers (45 min)

The latest breakthroughs in stroke science suggest that stroke can be avoided in up to 85% of cases, and for those who have had a stroke, the outcome can be substantially improved. How is this achieved? Watching this DVD is the first step.

The DVD covers over 40 aspects of stroke: spanning from understanding what stroke is and how to avoid it, to the understanding of the consequences of stroke, and practical recommendations on what to do to improve recovery and reduce stroke impact on stroke survivors, their families and caregivers.

Richly illustrated by animations and video interviews with leading health professionals, this comprehensive and cutting-edge educational DVD provides important and potentially life-saving information for stroke survivors, their families

and carers and those who are at risk of stroke. There are over 100 important practical issues and real-life questions addressed in the DVD! For example, health professionals who are experts on smoking, physical activity, as well as a dietician, rehabilitation specialist, neuro-psychologist, geriatric specialist, community nurse, and neurologist are interviewed and provide practical advice on how to stop smoking, increase your physical activity, improve your nutrition, and deal with various stroke consequences.

Chapter 1: Understanding strokes
(approx. running time 40 min)

• Understanding the brain (2 min & 35 sec)
• Understanding strokes and a TIA (8 min)
• Understanding stroke risk factors (10 min & 50 sec)
• Treatment options for strokes (4 min & 20 sec)
• Laboratory investigations in a stroke (6 min & 10 sec)
• Possible outcomes following a stroke (8 min)

Chapter 2: Experts’ Interviews
(approx. running time 87 min)

• Expert on smoking (8 min & 40 sec)
• Expert in physical activity (7 min & 50 sec)
• Dietician/nutritionist (8 min & 40 sec)
• Rehabilitation specialist (16 min & 20 sec)
• Neuro-psychologist (9 min & 15 sec)
• Geriatric specialist (14 min & 20 sec)
• Community nurse (9 min & 55 sec)
• Neurologist (12 min & 15 sec)

This world first award-winning DVD video guide to stroke recovery provides medically accurate and easy- to-follow, step-by-step educational and training information for stroke survivors and their families. The rehabilitation procedures can be used at home or any other facility by people who have no special medical background but who are caring for their loved ones. With this comprehensive stroke training solution DVD you will learn how to care for a stroke person and carry out rehabilitation exercises correctly.

The DVD contains 35 different care and rehabilitation techniques to choose from (e.g. feeding, massage, physical exercises, bathing, walking etc). All training procedures are accompanied by easy to understand explanations from health professionals.

Chapter 1: Early Care and Hygiene
(approx. running time 21 min)

• Recovery Position (1 min & 15 sec)
• Preventing bedsores (3 min & 55 sec)
• Changing sheets (2 min & 25 sec)
• Mouth care (2 min)
• Eye care (30 sec)
• Adjusting the bed (25 sec)
• Compressive stocking (2 min)
• Dealing with incontinence (30 sec)
• Rolling in bed with help (1 min)
• Putting on a hand splint (1 min)
• Arm sling support (40 sec)
• Putting on an ankle splint (1 min)
• Feeding (1 min & 20 sec)
• Bathing and showering (2 min & 30 sec)
• Dressing (1 min & 30 sec)

Chapter 2: Rehabilitation Exercises
(approx. running time 39 min)

• Bed exercises (2 min & 10 sec)
• Mouth and voice exercises (3 min & 30 sec)
• Breathing exercises (1 min)
• Hand exercises (2 min & 20 sec)
• Arm and hand movements (11 min & 30 sec)
• Leg movements (5 min & 30 sec)
• Hand massage (4 min)
• Leg massage (4 min & 50 sec)
• Relaxation (40 sec)
• Body orientation (50 sec)
• Balance exercises (2 min & 40 sec)

Chapter 3: Moving Around
(approx. running time 18 min)

• Getting out of bed with a bed lever (40 sec)
• Standing up from bed with one carer (2 min & 30 sec)
• Using a hoist (4 min & 50 sec)
• Transfer from bed to chair (1 min & 40 sec)
• Walking (1 min & 20 sec)
• Using the toilet (1 min & 35 sec)
• Managing in the kitchen (1 min & 10 sec)
• Using stairs (50 sec)
• Getting in the car (2 min & 10 sec)

Stroke is not the end of the world for stroke survivors and their families. There is always potential for improvement. Capacity of the brain to recover after stroke is enormous and often continues for months and even years. Because of this, stroke survivors and their families should never give up their fight for recovery and better independence.

This DVD provides important and valuable insight into the lives of people who have survived stroke and for those who are caregivers. These people share their personal experiences of successfully dealing with stroke and its various consequences at different time periods after the stroke. They offer their experiences and coping strategies that you will find useful. Most importantly, you will see that you are not alone and if they could do it, you can do it too.

Chapters

1. The day of the stroke (17 min)
2. Why do strokes happen? (8 min & 10 sec)
3. Experience of hospitalization (13 min & 30 sec)
4. Effects of stroke on physical functioning and every-day activities(10 min & 15 sec)
5. Personal feelings after the stroke (13 min & 55 sec)
6. Personal experience with the rehabilitation process and recovery(29 min)
7. Returning home after hospital (12 min & 30 sec)
8. How to reduce your risk of another stroke? (19 min & 40 sec)
9. Caregivers’ experience and advice for other caregivers (45 min)