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The worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Co2) has emerged as one of the biggest public health crises in a century
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed the processes of patient access and stroke care
Measures to sustain best practice stroke care should be implemented within pandemic planning across the health system
Summary
The worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Co2) has emerged as one of the biggest public health crises in a century. Rehabilitation teams need to continue to follow evidencebased care for stroke patients.[19] Rehabilitation teams should be well educated on the use of PPE with strict adherence to infection control procedures for direct contact therapies, shared equipment, and spaces to ensure safe access is maintained.[17] Essential components of stroke rehabilitation care should be adapted to follow public health recommendations on physical distancing with consideration of such things as virtual team conferences. Telerehabilitation is an effective and well-accepted method of providing outpatient and community rehabilitation services and is of particular importance during the COVID-19 pandemic.[20,21,22] To support discharge planning, the use of telerehabilitation should be considered for family conferences, family and caregiver education and skills training, assessment of home environment, patient monitoring, and outpatient therapies. Barriers to access and utilization should be considered and work-around solutions implemented
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