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Returning to cooking after stroke

Setting: Community rehabilitation service

Peter Evans, 64, is in community rehabilitation six weeks after a stroke. During a recent kitchen task he lost track of the sequence, and his partner completed the task for him.

Task

  • Identify breakfast as the patient’s chosen participation goal.
  • Explore sequencing difficulties and family takeover.
  • Explain cold-breakfast practice with written steps and supervision.
  • Separate that practice from unassessed independent hob use and agree review.
Returning to cooking after stroke consultation plan
  • A kitchen task assessment is planned before independent cooking is recommended.
  • The first practice task is preparing a cold breakfast with a written sequence and agreed supervision.
  • Hot appliances are not included in the initial independent practice plan.
  • Progress will be reviewed with the patient before changing supervision.
  • Peter Evans, 64, is in community rehabilitation six weeks after a stroke. During a recent kitchen task he lost track of the sequence, and his partner completed the task for him.

Fictional scenario information supplied for this examination exercise; not medical guidance for real patients.