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Stroke Compass

Advice & orientation after a stroke in the canton of Bern

60 support services in the canton of Bern. All with a phone number, many with a website.

After a stroke, the first question is often not "Which therapy?" but "Who helps me sort all this out?". That is exactly what advice services do: they clarify which benefits you are entitled to, who is responsible and what the next step is. At most services the advice is free.

In the hospital and in the rehabilitation clinic, the social service is the first point of contact. It organises the discharge, home care and the applications to disability insurance and the health insurer. After that, cantonal and non-profit services take over – Pro Infirmis, Pro Senectute, the Red Cross, FRAGILE Suisse as the organisation of people affected and their families. The social service of your municipality is there for you too.

Call first where the treatment took place. The social service knows the case and knows which service in the canton makes sense next.

Numbers and names in the canton of Bern

  • By area: Hospital social service (11), Public offices (31), Private guidance programmes (11), Lists & directories (7).
  • 16 services with a public service mandate, responsible depending on your municipality: Abteilung Soziales Ittigen, Abteilung Soziales Münsingen, Abteilung Soziales Thun, Regionaler Sozialdienst Belp, Service social de Saint-Imier, Sozialberatung Gemeinde Köniz, Sozialdienst der Stadt Bern, Sozialdienst der Stadt Biel/Bienne and 8 more.
  • Available for the whole canton: Caritas Bern, CURAVIVA Schweiz, Gesundheits-, Sozial- und Integrationsdirektion (GSI) Kanton Bern, Heilsarmee Passantenhilfe und Sozialberatung Bern (AKiB), Pro Infirmis Biel-Seeland-Berner Jura, Pro Infirmis Kanton Bern, Pro Senectute Kanton Bern, Sozialberatung der Katholischen Kirche Region Bern-Süd and 1 more.
  • 60 entries have been checked by hand by Via Communa.
  • Most services are located in Bern (19), Thun (4), Biel (3), Burgdorf (3), Ittigen (3).

By town

The towns with the most services – tap a town to search around it.

Hospital social service(11)

Public offices(31)

Private guidance programmes(11)

Lists & directories(7)

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Available throughout Switzerland

These services can be reached from anywhere in the country, by phone or online – in the canton of Bern too.

All 38 nationwide services in the results list

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