TeleRehab for Stroke Patients Using Mobile Technology
Stroke

About this trial
This is an interventional other trial for Stroke
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with diagnosis of stroke being discharged from the Neurology unit and/or the Neurology Acute Care Unit in the Civic Campus of TOH.
- Patients presenting with overall mild to moderate communication deficits, And/or
- Patients with score ≥ 1 on the best language and/or dysarthria parameters of the National Institute of Health Stroke Score (NIHSS)
Stroke Patients being discharged to their HOME/PRIMARY RESIDENCE awaiting outpatient speech and language therapy services.
And/or
- Patients being discharged to their HOME/PRIMARY RESIDENCE who would benefit from SLP therapy services but are unable to receive these secondary to various accessibility challenges (i.e. remote geographical location, limited service availability, transportation, unable to pay for SLP services).
- Patients must have access to Wi-Fi connection at their HOME/PRIMARY RESIDENCE.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Patients with pre-existing speech, language disorders or cognitive disorders (such as dementia).
2. Patients with severe debilitating disease(s) that, in the opinion, of the investigator will not be able to perform the required tasks of the study (ex: end-stage malignancy, ALS).
3. Patients with severe comprehension deficits 4. Patients not having access to Wi-Fi connection at HOME/PRIMARY RESIDENCE. 5. Patients who will be accessing the services of a private SLP while awaiting outpatient rehab.
Sites / Locations
- The Ottawa Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Treatment Group
Control
The study SLP will instruct the patient to use the ipad apps as intervention for at least one-hour per day, until they are admitted to outpatient SLP services or for a maximum of 8 weeks, whichever comes first. Throughout the telemedicine treatment phase, patients' progress will be monitored remotely by a study SLP through Apps/Skype/Facetime/Telephone consultation on a weekly basis.
Patients will be sent home with standard of care.