Participants and recruitment
stroke, RA
STROKE, RECRUITMENT
Participants were recruited from two hospital-based outpatient stroke rehabilitation programs within two geographical areas in Ontario, Canada. Study recruitment was conducted during 2020–2021 and spanned 11 months. Study participants were inpatient older adults 55 years of age or older with a confirmed diagnosis of stroke (first ever or recurrent) and referred to an outpatient stroke rehabilitation program. With verbal consent, older adults meeting these criteria were screened prior to hospital discharge (A trained Research Assistant (RA) contacted potential participants within 24–48 h following discharge from hospital to arrange a telephone interview. The RA administered the Telephone Version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (T-MoCA) [