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The Stroke Association provides a wide range of Stroke Support services to meet the needs of stroke survivors and carers across the UK.Services include the Stroke Recovery Service, Communication Support Service, Emotional Support Service, Exercise-based Rehabilitation Service, Post Stroke Review service, and Caring and You; which helped over 58,000 stroke survivors across the UK in 2016-17.
National Stroke Association was formed in 1984 as a nonprofit healthcare organization focusing 100 percent of its resources on stroke. The organization is based in Centennial, Colorado . [ 1 ] In 2006, the Annals of Neurology published National Stroke Association’s guidelines for the management of transient ischemic attacks.
The World Stroke Organization (WSO) is a non-profit medical association that works to raise awareness of prevention and treatment of stroke. The organization was founded in 2006 from the merging of two organizations previously in existence, the International Stroke Society (ISS) and the World Stroke Federation (WSF). [ 1 ]
National Stroke Awareness Month began in May 1989 after President George H. W. Bush signed the Presidential Proclamation 5975. [1] [2] National Stroke Awareness Month aims to increase the public awareness about the warning signs of stroke, symptoms of a stroke, stroke prevention, and the impact of stroke on survivors, families and caregivers.
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A mnemonic to remember the warning signs of stroke is FAST (facial droop, arm weakness, speech difficulty, and time to call emergency services), [36] as advocated by the Department of Health (United Kingdom) and the Stroke Association, the American Stroke Association, and the National Stroke Association (US).
Train To End Stroke is an endurance training and fundraising program, benefiting the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, in which participants train to run or walk a full or half marathon. [1]
On World Stroke Day 2011, the World Stroke campaign completed its first year of a full campaign. World Stroke Day 2011 was a huge success with over 2,000 participants from all over the world. It gained recognition from over 20 online publications in several languages.