Stroke survivors and their families struggle to coordinate between neurologists, rehabilitation specialists, and home health providers while adapting to sudden functional changes. It's emotionally challenging. Solace stroke recovery advocates—medical professionals with neurological rehabilitation experience—can:
Best of all, most patients pay nothing out of pocket.
Dr. Kafilat S.
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Kafilat is a board-certified NP with 13+ years of experience. She focuses on oncology, chronic illness, and healthcare advocacy.
Kristy S.
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Kristy, a board-certified patient advocate with 25+ years of experience, excels in NICU, critical care transport, and disease management.
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Hannah S.
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Hannah is a Registered Nurse with a master’s in Nursing. She helps patients feel informed and supported in their healthcare journey.
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Wendy P.
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Wendy, an experienced Emergency Department nurse, now focuses on reducing systemic barriers and prioritizing patient care.
After a stroke, tasks that were once easy, like scheduling appointments, arranging transportation, and organizing paperwork can suddenly feel frustrating and overwhelming. An advocate can make the calls, manage the appointments, and keep your paperwork organized so you can focus on what matters most: healing.
Stroke recovery is often a multifaceted journey involving multiple doctors, specialists, and physical therapists. Unfortunately, because the healthcare system is so segmented, there’s no easy way for the members of your care team to coordinate effectively or share relevant medical records. This can mean redundant appointments, unnecessary tests, and duplicate procedures.
A Solace advocate can serve as a central point of contact for everyone on your team, keeping your care coordinated and your road to recovery clear.
A stroke can leave you feeling powerless. From paralysis and loss of coordination to speech impairment and memory loss, it can sometimes feel like you’re not in control of your own body. This often leads stroke victims frustrated, confused, and even angry.
Having someone to talk to who really gets it can make all the difference. Your Solace advocate understands what you’re going through and will be there to listen when you need them most.
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With Solace, you get both a patient advocate and a supporting physician, which we refer to as your “care team”.
Your advocate will be there to manage the day to day aspects of your care: coordinating with doctors, researching potential solutions and communicating updates to you.
Your supporting physician can unlock resources for you and your advocate that might otherwise be out of reach.
Stroke recovery involves multiple therapy disciplines, including physical, occupational, speech, and cognitive rehabilitation, often delivered in different facilities with limited communication between providers. Solace Stroke advocates serve as your central coordination hub, ensuring all rehabilitation specialists have complete information about your stroke type, affected functions, and recovery goals. They organize scattered medical records into one comprehensive system that tracks therapy assessments, treatment plans, and functional improvements across disciplines. Your advocate schedules rehabilitation appointments strategically to maximize energy while preventing overwhelming fatigue. This coordinated approach transforms fragmented therapy services into a cohesive rehabilitation program where specialists build upon each other's progress rather than working in isolation.
Stroke rehabilitation often faces insurance limitations that restrict service duration and intensity despite evidence showing benefits from extended therapy. Solace advocates navigate these challenging coverage issues, researching your specific insurance policy terms for rehabilitation services and identifying coverage maximization strategies. They work with your healthcare providers to obtain detailed documentation that demonstrates medical necessity for continued therapy when improvement is still occurring. Your advocate manages the appeals process when services are prematurely denied, preparing comprehensive evidence packages that highlight functional gains and remaining recovery potential. This persistent advocacy ensures you receive appropriate rehabilitation duration and intensity to achieve maximum recovery without facing unnecessary insurance barriers during this critical recovery period.
Stroke creates unique functional challenges based on the specific brain areas affected, requiring individualized adaptations for daily activities. Solace advocates research practical solutions for your particular challenges, from adaptive equipment that simplifies meal preparation to communication devices that bridge language difficulties to memory systems that compensate for cognitive changes. They help implement recommendations from rehabilitation therapists in your specific home environment, identifying modifications that enhance safety and independence. Your advocate connects you with assistive technology specialists who can customize solutions for your unique stroke-related difficulties. This personalized problem-solving transforms potentially limiting impairments into manageable challenges with established workarounds that maintain dignity and autonomy.
Stroke recovery involves creating new daily routines and support systems that accommodate changed abilities while maintaining quality of life. Solace advocates help develop these sustainable new patterns, researching stroke-specific community resources from specialized exercise programs to aphasia conversation groups to adaptive driving evaluations. They identify transportation options when driving is no longer possible and help navigate the return-to-work process when appropriate, including workplace accommodation requests. Your advocate assists with emotional adjustment to post-stroke changes, connecting you with peer support from others who have navigated similar recovery journeys. This comprehensive life reconstruction acknowledges that stroke recovery extends far beyond medical appointments to include rebuilding meaningful participation in family, social, and community activities despite changed abilities.