A stroke is a brain condition that occurs when the blood flow to the brain is blocked or reduced, causing brain cells to be damaged. There are two main types of strokes: ischemic stroke (blood flow is blocked by a clot) and hemorrhagic stroke (a blood vessel breaks, causing bleeding). Symptoms of a stroke may include sudden numbness or weakness on one side of the body, difficulty speaking, blurred vision, and trouble walking.

中風是一種大腦疾病。當大腦中的血液流動被阻止或減少時，大腦的一部分就會受損。中風有兩種主要類型：缺血性中風（血液流動被血塊阻止）和出血性中風（血管破裂導致出血）。中風的症狀可能包括：一邊身體突然麻木或無力，說話困難，看東西模糊，走路不穩等。

Primary Prevention 初級預防：

Preventing the first occurrence of a stroke. 防止第一次中風發生。

Services 服務內容：

Providing healthy lifestyle advice, such as balanced diet, regular exercise, and quitting smoking.提供健康生活方式建議，如均衡飲食、定期運動和戒煙。

Secondary Prevention 二級預防：

Preventing another stroke in people who have already had one. 防止已經中風過的人再次中風。

Services 服務內容： Providing healthy lifestyle advice and helping manage other conditions like high blood pressure and diabetes. 提供健康生活方式建議，並幫助管理高血壓、糖尿病等其他疾病。

Goal 目標

Help patients who have just been discharged from the hospital continue their recovery at home. 幫助剛剛出院的中風患者在家裡繼續康復。

Services 服務內容

• Multidisciplinary Team: Includes nurses, physical therapists, and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. 跨專業團隊：包括護士、理療師和中醫師。
• Medical Care: Assisting patients with taking medications, providing acupuncture and physical therapy, and wound care. 醫療護理：幫助患者按時服藥，進行針灸和物理治療，處理傷口等。
• Personal Care: Helping patients with bathing, dressing, and eating. 個人護理：幫助患者洗澡、穿衣和吃飯。
• Psychological Support: Providing emotional support to help patients adjust to life after a stroke.心理支持：提供情感支持，幫助患者適應中風後的生活。

Goal 目標
Help long-term stroke patients maintain health and prevent new health issues.
幫助長期中風患者保持健康，預防新的健康問題。

Services 服務內容

• Health Advice: Providing advice on diet, exercise, and weight management. 健康建議：提供飲食、運動和體重管理等建議。
• Disease Management: Helping manage other conditions like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes. 疾病管理：幫助管理高血壓、高血脂和糖尿病等其他疾病。

Health Assessments 健康評估
Conducting comprehensive health checks for clients and their families, and recommending appropriate diagnostic tests.
對客戶和家屬進行全面的健康檢查，並建議適當的診斷測試。

Health Education 健康教育
Providing knowledge on stroke prevention, management, and recovery to help clients and families understand how to care for stroke patients.
提供中風預防、管理和康復的知識，幫助客戶和家屬了解如何護理中風患者。

Rehabilitation is a process that helps people with disabilities achieve or maintain their optimal level of function in physical, sensory, cognitive, psychological, and social aspects, ultimately leading to the highest degree of independence and quality of life.

復康是一個促進殘障人士在生理、感知、認知、心理及社交各方面達到/保持最理想的功能程度之過程，並最終達至最高程度的獨立性和生活質素。

Stroke rehabilitation begins 24-48 hours after the stroke. Studies show that starting rehabilitation treatment as early as possible within the first six months after a stroke results in more significant effects and faster recovery. While stroke patients may still experience functional improvement up to one year after the stroke, the rate of improvement is slower.

中風復康於病發後24-48小時已開始。研究顯示，中風後頭6個月盡早接受復康治療，效果更為顯著，復元速度更快，然而中風患者於病發後一年仍會有功能性的進步，但進步的速度會較低。