The more informed we are, the better the choices we are able to make for ourselves.
Therefore, the following resources are offered for information purposes rather than as endorsements.
If you would like to comment on these or other resources not listed,
please E-mail us at StrokeDoctor@StrokeDoctor.com.
Associations and Agencies | |
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American Academy of Neurology Stroke Fact Sheet Website: http://www.aan.com/public/stro.html American Heart Association National Center 7272 Greenville Avenue Dallas, TX 75231 Phone: (214) 373-6300 Stroke Connection: (800) 553-6321 American Occupational Therapy Association 1383 Picard Drive Rockville, MD 20850 Phone: (301) 948-9626 American Physical Therapy Association 1111 North Fairfax Street Alexandria, VA 22314 Phone: (703) 684-2782 Caregiver Survival Resources Website: http://www.caregiver911.com Clearinghouse on Disability Information U.S. Department of Education Room 3132, Switzer Building Washington, D.C. 20202-2524 Phone: (202) 732-1244 Family Caregiver Alliance 425 Bush Street, Suite 500 San Francisco, CA 94108 Phone: (415) 434-3388 Website: http://www.caregiver.org E-mail: info@caregiver.org |
Mediconsult.com - Stroke Support Group Website: http://www.mayo.edu/cerebro/education/stroke.html National Aphasia Association Murray Hill Station P.O. Box 1887 New York, NY 10156 Phone: (800) 922-4622 National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease Building 31, Room 9A-04 31 Center Drive MSC 2560 Bethesda, MD 20892 Phone: (301) 496-3583 National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes P.O. Box 5801 Bethesda, MD 20824 Phone: (800) 352-9424 National Rehabilitation Information Center 8455 Colesville Road, Suite 935 Silver Spring, MD 20910 Phone: (800) 346-2742 National Stroke Association 96 Inverness Drive East, Suite I Englewood, CO 80112 Phone: (800) STROKES (800-787-6537) website: http://www.stroke.org Visiting Nurse Associations of America 3801 East Florida Avenue Suite 900 Denver, CO 80210 Phone: (800) 426-2547 |
Publications |
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Books on Stroke
Ahn, Jung and Gary Ferguson, "RECOVERING FROM A STROKE: A Doctor’s Guide for Patients and Their Loved Ones." Harper Paperbacks, New York, NY, 1992. |
Newsletter "Stroke Connection," American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231,Phone: (800) 553-6321
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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Newbauer, Richard and Morton Walker, "HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY.
" Freelance Communications, Stamford, Connecticut, 1998. |
Stroke Rehabilitation | |
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Stroke Rehabilitation with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy |
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Health Restoration Center 6381 Crown Valley Parkway, Suite 130 Mission Viejo, CA 92691 Phone: (800) 300-1063 Fax: (949) 367-9779 E-mail: StrokeDoctor@StrokeDoctor.com |
Ocean Medical Center 4001 Ocean Drive Lauderdale-by-the Sea, FL 33308 Phone: (800) 552-0255 Fax: (954) 776-0670 |
Other Stroke Rehabilitation |
Barnes Hospital-Neurology Department Stroke Management and Rehabilitation Team One Barnes Hospital Plaza St. Louis, MO 63110 Phone: (314) 362-7382 Buffalo General Hospital Buffalo, NY Stroke Hot Line: (716) 859-7596 Cleveland Clinic Foundation Department of Neurology 9500 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44195 Phone: (800) 223-2273 Colorado Neurological Institute CNI Stroke Program 501 East Hampden Avenue Englewood, CO 80110 Phone: (303) 788-7255 Community Rehab Care, Inc. 305 Centre Street Newton, MA 02458 Phone: (617) 244-8480 Covenant Health Stroke Network Oak Ridge, TN Phone: (423) 541-1208 Duke University Center for Cerebrovascular Disease Box 3651 Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC 27710 Phone: (919) 684-8111 Kansas Rehabilitation Hospital 1504 SW 8th Avenue Topeka, KS 66606 Phone: (785) 235-6600 Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School MGH Brain Aneurysm/AVM Center Boston, MA Phone: (617) 726-3303 MossRehab Stroke Center Albert Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, PA Phone: (800) CALL-MOSS Mount Sinai Department of Neurology One Gustave L. Levy Place New York, NY 10029 Phone: (212) 241-7317 |
Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center 1901 Clinch Avenue Knoxville, TN 37916 Phone: (423) 541-1111 Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana 4141 Shore Drive Indianapolis, IN 46254 Phone: (800) 933-0123 Fax: (317) 329-2600 Silverton Hospital 342 Fairview Silverton, OR 97381 Phone: (888) 873-1500 E-mail: silvhosp@open.org Stanford University Medical Center Stroke Center San Francisco, CA Phone: (415) 723-4448 Temple University School of Medicine Stroke Center Parkinson Pavilion, Suite 558 3401 N. Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19140 Phone: (215) 707-3040 University of California, Los Angeles UCLA Stroke Center Reed Building 710 Westwood Plaza UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles, CA 90095 Phone: (310) 794-6379 University of California, San Diego UCSD Stroke Center San Diego, CA Phone: (619) 543-7760 University of Washington Harborview Medical Center Stroke Prevention and Assessment Center Seattle, WA Phone: (800) 326-5300 VNA Stroke Survivor Connection 1789 South Braddock Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15218 Phone: (800) 640-4VNA |
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Personal Care, household products |
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AdaptABILITY Phone: (800) 243-9232 Don Krebs’ Access to Recreation Phone: (800) 634-4351 Adaptive equipment for physical activity for people with disabilities. Sammons Preston An AbilityOne Company P.O. Box 5071 Bolingbrook, IL 60440-5071 Phone: (800) 323-5547 Fax: (800) 547-4333 |
Sears Health Care Catalog Phone: (800) 326-1750 Avenues Unlimited, Inc. Phone: (800) 848-2837 Attractive clothing for the wheelchair user. Comfortably Yours Phone: (800) 521-0097 Smith & Nephew, Inc. P.O. Box 1005 Germantown, WI 53022-8205 Phone: (800) 558-8633 Fax: (800) 545-7758 |
Product Database |
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ABLEDATA c/o National Rehabilitation Information Center Phone: (800) 346-2741 A national database of over 25,000 adaptive equipment products. |
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Computer Software |
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Creative Learning Phone: (916) 265-0584 Computer software for language skills after a stroke |
Brain Train 8343 Currant Way Parker, CO 80134 E-mail: info@brain-train.com (cognitive retraining software) |
Workbooks |
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The Learning Depot Language and Cognition Workbooks E-mail: webmaster@thelearningdepot.com |
Vitamins and Herbs | ||
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Advanced Medical Nutrition, Inc. 2247 National Avenue P.O. Box 5012 Hayward, CA 94540-5012 Phone: (800) 437-8888 Fax: (510) 783-8196 American Biologics 1180 Walnut Avenue Chula Vista, CA 91911 Phone: (800) 227-4473 Fax: (619) 429-8004 Atrium Nutrition Werum Enterprises, Inc., Distributor P.O. Box 903 Shingle Springs, CA 95682 Phone: (800) 822-6193 Fax : (916) 677-1989 E-mail: werum@innercite.com |
Biotics Research Corporation P.O. Box 36888 Houston, Texas 77236 Phone: (800) 231-5777 Fax: (281) 240-2304 E-mail: biotic1@accesscomm.net Botanical Pharmaceuticals P.O. Box 3986 West Sedona, AZ 86340 Phone: (602) 282-7136 J.R. Carlson Laboratories, Inc. 15 College Drive Arlington Heights, IL 60004-1985 Phone: (800) 323-4141 Fax: (847) 255-1600 Metagenics, Inc./MetaBotanica 971 Calle Negocio San Clemente, CA 92673 Phone: (800) 692-9400 |
Nature’s Life 7180 Lampson Avenue Garden Grove, CA 92841 Phone: (714) 379-6500 Fax: (714) 379-6501 Nutri-West Box 950 Douglas, Wyoming 82633 Phone: (800) 443-3333 PhysioLogics 6565 Odell Place Boulder, CO 80301-3330 Phone: (800) 765-6775 Fax: (303) 530-2592 SCS Intensive Nutrition Products 466 Whitney Street San Leandro, CA 94577 Phone: (800) 333-7414 E-mail: scsvc@pacbell.net |
Electromagnetics | |
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Orthopedic Support with Magnetic therapy |
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Foot Levelers, Inc. Phone: (800) 553-4860 Fax: (540) 345-0202 Website: http://www.footlevelers.com |
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Microcurrent Stimulation |
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AutoMove Therapy c/o Dan-Med, Inc. 4 West Dry Creek Circle Suite 260 Denver, CO 80120 Phone: (800) 495-6670 Electromedical Products International, Inc. 2201 Garrett Morris Parkway Mineral Wells, Texas 76067 Phone: (940) 328-0788 Fax: (940) 328-0888 E-mail: alpha-stim@epii.com |
Prizm Medical Inc. 4520 River Green Parkway Suite B Duluth, GA 30136 Phone: (770) 622-0933 (electrotherapy within gloves, socks and garments) LSI International 8849 Bond Overland Park, KS 66214 Phone: (800) 832-0053 Fax: (913) 894-1980 |
Hyperbaric Chambers | |
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ETC/Environmental Tectonics Corporation 125 James Way Southampton, PA 18966 Phone: (215) 355-9100 Fullerton Sherwood Engineering Ltd 6450 Van Deemter Court Mississauga, ON L5T 1S1 Canada Phone: (905) 670-0656 Marine Dynamics Corporation 320 East D street Wilmington, CA 90744-5914 Phone: (562) 834-3436 Perry Baromedical Corporation 7555 Garden Road Riviera Beach, FL 33404-3411 Phone: (800) 741-4376 Proteus Hyperbaric Systems Inc. 10616 Fallstone Suite 510 Houston, TX 77099 Phone: (281) 498-7771 |
Reimers Systems Inc. 7668 Fullerton Road Springfield, VA 22153-2818 Phone: (703) 866-5490 Sechrist Industries, Inc. 4225 E. LaPalma Avenue Anaheim, CA 92807 Phone: (800) 732-4747 Stephenson Industries, Inc. 1648 Beaver Dam Road Point Pleasant, NJ 08742-5109 Phone: (908) 899-8448 Viatech Inc. 2495 S. Industrial Park Avenue Tempe, AZ 85282-1804 Phone: (602) 730-4300 |