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Stroke Rehabilitation Program at Spaulding Cape Ann

Our Stroke Rehabilitation Program offers anyone needing stroke recovery the latest in recovery research and advanced technology. We’re here to help you gain as much of your functionality – and your life – back as possible.

By addressing every aspect of stroke recovery, our therapies and treatments work to improve range of motion, walking, cognitive function, such as speech and learning, and essential life skills including bathing and dressing.

Spaulding’s Approach to Stroke Therapy

795,000 people in the United States suffer from a stroke each year. But only one of them is you. Your goals, your aspirations, your independence are at the center of our treatment plan. We strive to work with you and your family to identify barriers and develop recovery strategies that combine our therapeutic expertise with your needs, your well being and your cognitive, emotional and physical recovery plan.

Hospital Stroke Rehabilitation Programs

Our inpatient, Hospital Rehab teams create an individualized rehabilitation plan to address your medical, physical, speech and swallowing, cognitive, behavioral and psychological effects associated with your stroke.

As part of your rehabilitation, you will have access to:

  • Rehabilitation physician-led teams, including physical, occupational, speech, respiratory, recreational, and music therapists, case managers, mental health and internal medicine specialists and nurses with specialized training in neuro-rehabilitation
  • In-depth evaluation of functional abilities, including movement patterns, strength, flexibility, language, cognition, and swallowing.
  • Proven therapeutic interventions, including exercises, splinting, bracing, compensatory techniques, gait training, neurological re-education of movement and tasks
  • Goal setting to foster optimal independence at home and in the community
  • Advanced technologies*, including the Armeo and Amadeo arm trainers, the Lokomat robotic gait trainer, the Bioness and NeuroMove Electrical Stimulation Devices, and VitalStim
  • Goal setting to foster greater independence at home and in the community
  • Counseling to help you adjust to change and plan for the future
  • Training to teach family members how to assist with specific therapeutic activities during hospital treatment and after you go home

*Programs vary by location.

Rehabilitation Support

  • Stroke Support Group (Monthly)
  • Stroke Support Group (Bi-monthly)
  • Stroke Peer Visitor Group
  • Brain Music Workshop
  • Wellness for Stroke Survivors
  • Stroke Survivor Book Club
  • Spaulding Stroke Survivor Facebook Group