Advice & orientation after a stroke in the canton of Vaud
12 support services in the canton of Vaud. 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 Vaud
- By area: Hospital social service (1), Public offices (1), Private guidance programmes (7), Lists & directories (3).
- Available for the whole canton: Caritas Vaud, Centre social protestant (CSP) Vaud, Cerebral Vaud, État de Vaud, État de Vaud — Direction générale de la cohésion sociale (DGCS), Pro Infirmis Vaud, Solidarité-Handicap mental.
- 12 entries have been checked by hand by Via Communa.
- Most services are located in Lausanne (11), Montpreveyres (1).
By town
The towns with the most services – tap a town to search around it.
Hospital social service(1)
- Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois (CHUV)Service social (Sozialdienst)LausanneChecked by handCall: 021 314 55 38Website
Public offices(1)
- Institution de LavignyService Social de Plein Soleil (Sozialdienst)LausanneChecked by handCall: 021 651 28 41Website
Private guidance programmes(7)
- Association AppartenancesInterprétariat communautaireLausanneChecked by handCall: 021 353 53 53Website
- Caritas VaudGemeinnützige OrganisationenLausanneChecked by handCall: 021 317 59 80Website
- Centre social protestant (CSP) VaudGemeinnützige OrganisationenLausanneChecked by handWebsite
- Cerebral VaudGemeinnützige OrganisationenMontpreveyresChecked by handCall: 021 691 96 83Website
- État de VaudCentrale téléphonique des médecins, pédiatres et dentistes de gardeLausanneChecked by handCall: 0848 133 133Website
- Pro Infirmis VaudConsultation sociale (Sozialberatung)LausanneChecked by handCall: 058 775 34 34Website
- Solidarité-Handicap mentalGemeinnützige OrganisationenLausanneChecked by handCall: 021 648 25 82Website
Lists & directories(3)
- Association romande des logopédistes diplômés (ARLD)Therapeuten-Suche Logopädie/Logopédie (Annuaire)LausanneChecked by handCall: 077 512 53 07Website
- AVASAD – Association vaudoise d'aide et de soins à domicileTherapeuten-Suche – Coordination des Centres médico-sociaux (CMS) Vaud (Spitex-Äquivalent)LausanneChecked by handWebsite
- État de Vaud — Direction générale de la cohésion sociale (DGCS)Guide des établissements médico-sociaux (EMS, EPSM, HNM, PPS)LausanneChecked by handCall: 021 316 52 21Website
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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 Vaud too.
- AOZ Medios
- aphasie suisse
- Aphasie Suisse
- Bundesamt für Gesundheit BAG / Priminfo
- Dachverband Hospize Schweiz
- doctorfmh.ch
- EnableMe / Stiftung MyHandicap
- EnableMe Suisse
- Ergotherapie-Verband Schweiz EVS/ASE
- FMH – Verbindung der Schweizer Ärztinnen und Ärzte
- Föderation der Schweizer Psychologinnen und Psychologen (FSP)
- FRAGILE Suisse
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