CROSS-POINT

The environment for the stroke Programme at Cross-Point is focused on safety, comfort and recovery. Patient rooms and the large therapy gym are located on the same unit, allowing easy communication between patients and rehabilitation experts... The work of Cross-Point is to improve services for and treatment of stroke survivors and their families. Cross-Point fulfills this mission by promoting optimal stroke care through advocacy, education, awareness, diagnosis and treatment. Cross-Point believes that the organization should help provide the best stroke care through a continuum of consumer-driven, community based services. The need to promote and protect such progressive services remains urgent... At Cross-Point, we encourage patients and their caregivers to undergo a structured education program aimed at helping them learn ways of using wheelchairs, walkers and canes to regain their gait. Patients undergo an intense mobility task training to relearn tasks such as climbing stairs,..