LSCI 106: ONLINE RESEARCH 1: INTRODUCTION TO ONLINE RESEARCH
Student Project
Alan Chan
RESEARCH QUESTION:
How
to care for stroke patients in home
My grandmother had suffered from a massive stroke just a
few days before the beginning of this class. Initially I was motivated to look
for information on taking care of stroke patients in home anticipating that she
would leave the hospital and come home soon. She passed away several weeks
later. However, I feel strongly that to continue doing internet research on
this subject is valuable and meaningful to me.
When evaluating the book, Recovering at
Home After A Stroke: A Practical Guide for You and Your Family , Toot
comments as follows: “This holistically oriented text can be
described as a user-friendly primer for patients, families,
and even professionals. The contents are logically organized
and include pieces of philosophical wisdom as well as
practical strategies for day-to-day care issues.”
GENERAL SEARCH WORKSHEET
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CONCEPT # |
Search Terms |
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Care |
Treatment |
Rehab* |
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Stroke
patients |
Neurovascular
disease |
Cerebrovascular
disease |
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3 |
home |
homecare |
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American Heart
Association (AHA). 15 Nov. 2003. <http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4761>.
This AHA web site presents a good discussion of the
stroke effects for general understanding: “Stroke can affect people in different ways. It depends on the type of
stroke, the area of the brain affected and the extent of the brain injury.
Brain injury from a stroke can affect the senses, motor activity, speech and
the ability to understand speech. It can also affect behavioral and thought
patterns, memory and emotions. Paralysis or weakness on one side of the body is
common. Most of these problems can improve over time. In some patients they
will go away completely.” There is much valuable information in this web site.
Caplan, Louis and J. Donald Easton. American Heart Association Family Guide to Stroke: Treatment, Recovery
and Prevention.
Harvey, Fiona. “Vitamin C
lowers the risk of stroke.” The Financial Times
This new study from the
“Eat more vitamin C: it
could help decrease the risk of stroke, especially among smokers.”
Krull S., et al. “Use of
the balance master in retraining balance in a patient that had a stroke.” Physical Therapy. 81.5 (May
2001):A21 InfoTrac
Onefile Gale Group.
Langhorne, Peter, et
al. “Therapy for stroke patients living at home.” The Lancet 354.9191 (
The
Teraoka, Jeffrey and
Renee Burgard. “Family
support and stroke rehabilitation.” The Western Journal of
Medicine 157.6
(Dec. 1992): 665-666. InfoTrac Onefile Gale Group.
Toot, Jane. Rev. of Recovering at Home After A Stroke: A
Practical Guide for You and Your Family, by
“This holistically oriented text can be
described as a user-friendly primer for patients, families, and even
professionals.
The contents are logically organized and
include pieces of philosophical wisdom as well as practical strategies for
day-to-day care issues.”
Weiner,
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