Pro Physiotherapy · Bengaluru
Stroke Home-Care Checklist
Pin above the patient’s bed · review every morning
Home-visit hotline
+91 89510 22334
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✅ Every 2 hours — posture & skin
- Reposition patient (side ↔ back ↔ side)
- Check skin over sacrum, heels, elbows for redness
- Pillow between knees when side-lying
- Affected shoulder supported on a pillow — never dangling
🥄 Every meal — swallow safety
- Sit fully upright at 90° before feeding
- Chin tucked, small spoonfuls, single sips
- No straws in first 6 weeks
- Stay upright 30 minutes AFTER the meal
💪 3× daily — ROM & bed exercises
- Shoulder flexion 0–120° × 10 reps
- Elbow bend + straighten × 10 reps
- Wrist / fingers prayer stretch × 10 reps
- Bent-knee marches + heel slides × 10 reps
- Ankle up-down + big toe stretch (30 s hold)
🚶 Transfers — the golden 4 cues
- Approach from the strong side
- Feet flat, nose over toes
- Rock 3 counts — do NOT lift
- Never pull on the affected shoulder
🚨 Red flags — call the neurologist or 108 today
- Sudden new weakness or slurred speech (BE-FAST)
- Fever > 38.5 °C or wet voice after eating
- Hot / painful / swollen calf (do NOT massage)
- Refusing food or urine < 500 ml in 24 h
- Fall with new pain (hip, wrist, head)
- Sudden confusion or drowsiness
Book a same-day home-visit physio if…
- Increasing tone / spasticity
- Shoulder pain on the affected side
- Transfer routine has stalled
- Caregiver is exhausted or burnt out
Same-day booking: +91 89510 22334 · WhatsApp: wa.me/918951022334
Reviewed by Dr J Mazumdar, PT · FIFA-certified© Pro Physiotherapy · Not a substitute for medical advice