Healthcare Professionals’ Experiences with Rehabilitation Practices for Patients with Cognitive Impairment after Stroke in North Norway: A Qualitative Study

Table 1

Overview of results.

Patients with PSCI do not fit into the traditional services	(i) Traditional service characteristics: early, intensive, time-limited, predominantly physical follow-up, and context neutral; (ii) Rehabilitation needs: follow-up adjusted to recovery timeline, cognitive and psychosocial changes, and context; (iii) Gap between patients’ needs and existing services
Patients with PSCI are being deprioritized in several ways	(i) Rehabilitation priorities compared to other service needs; (ii) Cognitive rehabilitation priorities within the rehabilitation field; (iii) Cognitive rehabilitation within interdisciplinary teams
Developing professional competencies and utilizing competence that are present	(i) Investing in and building competence; (ii) Getting in position to use competencies that are available; (iii) Utilizing competencies that are less known or not sufficiently exploited