TY - JOUR AU - Lisa Chiew, AU - Urmisha Das, PY - 2013/01/02 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - A STUDY ON THE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION OF STROKE RECURRENCE AMONG SENIOR CHINESE CLIENTS IN MALAYSIA JF - The Malaysian Journal of Nursing (MJN) JA - The Malaysian Journal of Nursing VL - 4 IS - 3 SE - DO - UR - https://ejournal.lucp.net/index.php/mjn/article/view/569 SP - 26-36 AB - <p style="text-align: justify;">Stroke is the most important cause of death and foremost cause for dysfunction around the globe. As a result increase in the numberof elderly population the incidence of stroke has emerged as an important public health problem. Major developments have taken place in the field of medication for the prevention and treatment of stroke during the past decade. In spite of major interventions proposed by several organizations and the government, the present scenario of the stroke management facilities is still not promising. This article intends to investigate the health care facilities present for the elderly individuals with high risk of strokereoccurrence through proper analysis of the health system in Malaysia. The objectives are to find out evidence-based, reasonably priced and endurable measures to control the recurrences of stroke and to evaluate the outcomes of these interventions. It was noticed that in Malaysia though there many amenities for stroke patients are available but reorganizing and strengthening of few aspects such as human resource by multidisciplinary input is necessary for proper management of senior stroke patients. Moreover monitoring is essential to support patients after discharge from the hospital. The ethical variations among patient with stroke recurrence and the risk factor associated with stroke is not fully understood by healthcare workers. So, this study attempts to guide the stroke patient, their families and the health care workers to prevent stroke recurrence.</p> ER -