Case study: ‘Stroke meant I could do nothing for myself’

Stroke survivor Gerry Carmody counts himself “very lucky” to have had an early discharge team help him recover.

There are only three early supported discharge teams in the country looking after patients in four hospitals. The Mater Hospital in Dublin, where Gerry was treated, is one of them.

“I know I was very lucky to have had an early discharge team to help me recover. I know such teams are not available over the country and they should be,” he says.