Patient associations: movement disorders
Associations of patients with movement disorders or functional movement disorders When it comes to receiving a diagnosis, patients and their families often feel lost. The specialist will give them the diagnosis, the treatment if necessary, and review the evaluation, but patient associations play a fundamental role in advising and accompanying them. In addition, many of […]
Speech therapy in neurological diseases
Speech therapy in neurological diseases, an essential specialty to improve the quality of life of patients LOGOPEDIA NEUROLOGY (Madrid. Lucila Rodríguez) In the field of neurological health, speech therapy intervention has become essential since many patients with neurological diseases, whether transient or permanent, suffer from speech, language, swallowing or voice problems. speech therapy neurology “Diseases […]
Service Check – Community of Madrid
Madrid City Council’s Adapta Madrid 2024 Plan
Madrid City Council’s Adapta Madrid 2024 Plan Financial aid to people with disabilities and rare diseases to adapt their homes María de los Ángeles Alonso, our occupational therapist, has summarized in this article she offers, requirements and links of the Adapta 2024 Plan. The objective of this economic endowment is to improve the adaptation of […]
Adapted domicile
Adapted domicile Within our team of the Neuro-rehabilitation Unit we are fortunate to have a wonderful occupational therapist specialized in the management of patients with neurological pathologies, María de los Ángeles Alonso Santos has been part of the Neurology Service of the Ruber Internacional Hospital since 2012 . Why an adapted home? When a person […]
Fall prevention workshop
Why a fall prevention workshop? Falls in the elderly are a cause of considerable morbidity and mortality. There are age-related changes, such as decreased vision decreased vision and/or hearing, joint problems, physical inactivity or changes in changes in gait, which increase the risk of falling. fall. Falls are a major cause of dependency due to […]
Neurology and COVID19 – Update
In March of last year Dr. A. Jimenez, neurologist attached to the Clinical Neurology Program of the Neurology Service, wrote an entry in our blog about COVID19 and neurology, nowadays we have much more information and for this reason he has written an update. Neurology and COVID19 NEUROLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF SARS-CoV-2 VIRUS INFECTION Infection with […]
Recovery after stroke: Is there a window of time?
Traditionally it has been considered that recovery, or improvement of the sequelae after a stroke, occurs most significantly during the first three months, and that after six months it is unlikely that changes will be observed. However, in recent years we have seen several studies that have shown that up to one in four patients […]
Postural hygiene: exercises and recommendations
In our daily life we face constant stressful situations, which progressively worsen our quality of life, causing the appearance of pain, muscle retraction or joint limitation. This is usually due to the fact that we tend to perform postures and movements that are not suitable for our body, and in particular, for our back. For […]
Recommendations for facilitating dressing in patients with hemiplegia
Our occupational therapist, Montserrat García Ibañez, explains a series of recommendations aimed at hemiplegic people, to facilitate the task of dressing and/or undressing in their daily lives. People with reduced mobility may have greater or lesser difficulty dressing depending on the degree of impairment. Learning must be encouraged at all times in order to achieve […]
