Stroke survivors and their families can log in from home next month for support and guidance.
UR Medicine Thompson Health will host its regional Stroke Support Group at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 5, via Zoom.
The group welcomes stroke survivors as well as their loved ones and caregivers.
The topic for the March 5 meeting is “Tips for Speech Recovery at Home When Speech Therapy Ends.” Organizers encourage anyone who wants to join to email [email protected] to get added to the invite list.
F.F. Thompson Hospital serves as a New York State Department of Health-designated Stroke Center. The Joint Commission has also granted the hospital advanced certification as an Advanced Primary Stroke Center.
The hospital has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment based on nationally accepted, research-based guidelines.
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