Developing innovative home-based telerehabilitation strategies for post-stroke rehabilitation

Summary form only given. The proposed workshop aims to introduce participants to innovative ways in which telerehabilitation can be used to provide rehabilitation services at different stages of the stroke continuum of care, in particular for home care. The evidence regarding the use of telerehabilitation for home-based post-stroke rehabilitation will be introduced. Participants will also consider ways in which services can be optimized by combining telerehabilitation with other technologies, including virtual reality, to provide services in the patient's home at different stages in the rehabilitation process (functional rehabilitation, community reintegration, chronic stage) and for different rehabilitation professionals, in order to address current gaps in services. Examples of current projects underway will be presented. In addition, participants will be introduced to relevant quantitative and qualitative evaluation strategies for different stages of telerehabilitation development and implementation. Barriers to implementation in clinical practice and strategies to overcome these will be discussed.