Table 4.

Quotations related to rehabilitation activities from stroke survivor and caregiver interviews (n=39).

Activities	Inpatient rehabilitation (ss = 17, c = 10)	Skilled nursing (ss = 7, c = 5)
Walk ss = 16 (67%) c = 8 (53%)	“got me up to walk with a walker.” (ss11); “..they wanted her to do a lot of walking.” (c7)	“Well we worked on the walking.” (ss3); “I know a lot of it was getting her to walk.” (c6)
Standing and mobility ss = 8 (33%) c = 4 (27%)	“They performed activities that deal with the leg.” (ss22); “..moving the leg, that kind of thing.”(c13)	“I know they had me in bed move my legs up and down.” (ss8); Those goals were just getting him up to a certain level of movement.” (c12)
Strength and Balance ss = 5 (21%) c = 2 (13%)	“Because I had a lot of problems with my balance, we focused a lot on gaining on helping me find my center again.” (ss36); “..mostly just building strength” (c13).	“They were trying to get my right leg stronger.” (ss8); “He did balance, strengthening.” (c12)
Wheelchair and skills ss = 1 (4%) c = 4 (27%)	Were any wheelchair skills taught to you when you were in rehab? “I was just told to do it and I did it.”(ss21); “They had created a wheelchair just for him for his weight.” (c21)	“Taught her how to use her wheelchair, driving it and everything, worked with her arm.” (c06)
Stair climbing ss = 1 (4%) c = 2 (13%)	“..or climbed.” (ss22); “They did the standard climbing up.” (c13)	“He did stair climbing.” (c12)
Transfers ss = 1 (4%) c = 1 (7%)	“When I was an in-patient we practiced transfers, for example, to the toilet.”(ss20); “Taught him how to transfer himself from the wheelchair to the car.” (c16)	None mentioned
Getting up after a fall ss = 0 c = 1 (7%)	“They did some stuff where if you happen to fall off the bed, here’s how you can get back up, or fall out of a chair, those kind of things.” (c13)	None mentioned

ss = stroke survivor; c = caregiver