{"id":1371,"date":"2013-02-22T22:07:38","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T22:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brainstreams.ca\/stroke-patients-health-outcomes-influenced-by-spouses-optimism\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T09:17:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T16:17:13","slug":"stroke-patients-health-outcomes-influenced-by-spouses-optimism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messageinabottle.ca\/bcbia\/stroke-patients-health-outcomes-influenced-by-spouses-optimism\/","title":{"rendered":"Stroke patients\u2019 health outcomes influenced by spouse\u2019s optimism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field field-type-link field-field-link-original-article\">TORONTO \u2013 Spouses and family members looking after a loved one who just suffered a stroke have a reason to try to stay optimistic during the trying times: new American research suggests stroke patients\u2019 health outcomes are influenced by their caregiver\u2019s outlook.<\/div>\n<p>Following a stroke, life changes dramatically for a family. Stroke is a leading cause of disability in North America. Half of stroke victims experience paralysis on one side of their bodies, 30 per cent can\u2019t walk and another 19 per cent have speech problems.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an incredibly challenging time for the stroke victim and their families left to pick up the pieces of their previous life.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why\u00a0University of Kentucky\u00a0scientists say that stroke survivors and their spouse caregivers need to be treated together, \u201cas a unit, not individually.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalmontreal.com\/stroke+patients+health+outcomes+influenced+by+spouses+optimism\/6442803758\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO \u2013 Spouses and family members looking after a loved one who just suffered a stroke have a reason to try to stay optimistic during the trying times: new American [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/messageinabottle.ca\/bcbia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/messageinabottle.ca\/bcbia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/messageinabottle.ca\/bcbia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messageinabottle.ca\/bcbia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messageinabottle.ca\/bcbia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/messageinabottle.ca\/bcbia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/messageinabottle.ca\/bcbia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messageinabottle.ca\/bcbia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messageinabottle.ca\/bcbia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}