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Best and Promising Practices for Peer Support Post Stroke
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There is recent evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of peer support in terms of self-managing a chronic condition. Peer support in the context of chronic disease self-management refers to ‘support for a person with a chronic condition from someone with the same condition or similar circumstances’. Individuals providing peer support generally offer three types of support based on personal knowledge: emotional, informational, and appraisal. Emotional support involves caring, empathy and encouragement; informational support involves advice, suggestions with alternative actions and factual feedback relevant to a particular topic; and appraisal support involves affirming feelings, thoughts and behaviours and thus is motivational, encouraging the individual to continue with problem-solving attempts despite challenges. The current session will provide background information on the use of peer support for individuals post-stroke and other acquired brain injuries, the effectiveness of peer support interventions for individuals post-stroke as well as patient and provider perspectives on the use of peer support, including barriers and facilitators to implementation, and recommendations for improvement and areas of future research and methods for evaluating such programs. Collectively, this information will provide the basis for a framework of best and promising practices for peer support post stroke.Program Considerations for the Design of High Impact Peer Support Programs for People Impacted by Stroke
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Peer support provide an essential role in stroke recovery and adjustment to disability. Formal peer support programs are one mechanism for people impacted by stroke to access psychosocial support from individuals with common experiences, and increased awareness of community resources. March of Dimes Canada has upwards of 65 affiliated peer support groups across Canada. As part of a national stroke support program redesign, March of Dimes Canada has been engaging with peer support group leaders, academic experts, and persons with lived experience to support the design of high impact peer support programs. The session will outline our development approach and lessons to date on implementation. This presentation will highlight evidence underpinning service design, outline key program considerations, and describe our efforts to create consistency within the service while supporting responsiveness to community context.