Article

To follow up an original research project of persons 11-13 years after stroke, in
order to describe and understand the impact of stroke on everyday life
experienced during these years. Eleven persons who had had a stroke were
interviewed 11-13 years after the original research project.
Data were collected
and analysed using the empirical phenomenological psychological method. Three
main characteristics were identified from analysis of participants' experiences
during the years after stroke: () going through the loss of the previous life; ()
struggling to reclaim the former existence; () finding meaning in a "new" and
different world. This study provides an understanding of the complexity of the
lost connection between body and world occurring for a long time after stroke.
This understanding provides support for the need for long-term and intermittent
support and guidance to enable the re-creation of meaning and participation in
everyday life in order to find a "new" self-identity after stroke, especially
among persons with residual cognitive impairment.

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