Stroke rehabilitation is a continuous process that starts at the time the patient first presents with impairments and may need to be provided throughout the rest of his or her living years (Teasell et al., 2018). Based on current evidence, we recommend the following settings as components of the stroke rehabilitation continuum (Figure 1 and 2):
a) Early rehabilitation (hyperacute phase and acute phase).
b) Subacute rehabilitation.
c) Outpatient rehabilitation.
d) Home-based rehabilitation.
e) Community-based rehabilitation.
f) Long-term and sustained rehabilitation
Figure 1
Recommended stroke rehabilitation support system and the timing of support by the Care-givers’ Guide. Source: Adapted from Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft (2014). Kreiger et.al ( 2020)
Figure 2
Framework proposed by Bernhardt and colleagues (2017) that summarizes definitions of critical time line after stroke based on the current knowledge on stroke recovery (2)