ABSTRACT
Stroke is a disease that can cause an easy death or a hard life. Those who die of stroke may well “cease upon the midnight without pain.” Those who survive it face a life of poor quality. Judgment of the quality of life in stroke is hindered by communication disorders as well as dementia and other mental changes. Such judgment is largely intuitive and depends much on good rapport and prolonged contact, but there are also several scales that can be used, one of which, the Frenchay Activities Index, was especially designed to measure quality of life in stroke (Haan et al., 1993).
