{"id":265,"date":"2010-11-25T17:02:09","date_gmt":"2010-11-25T17:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/?p=265"},"modified":"2015-06-12T16:20:18","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T15:20:18","slug":"11-relaxing-leisure-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/?p=265","title":{"rendered":"Relaxing leisure activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2606\" title=\"Couple out walking with dog\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/couplewithdog.jpg\" alt=\"Couple out walking with dog\" width=\"323\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/couplewithdog.jpg 323w, https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/couplewithdog-300x255.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Leisure activities can be relaxing and may help if the person is stressed or anxious.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Relaxation classes<\/li>\n<li>Massage ( this could be a hand or shoulder massage at home)<\/li>\n<li>Eating out (this could be at a friends home, in a restaurant,\u00a0at\u00a0a barbecue)<\/li>\n<li>Watching sports ( live or on television)<\/li>\n<li>Fishing<\/li>\n<li>Art<\/li>\n<li>Music<\/li>\n<li>Gardening<\/li>\n<li>Computers, games, keeping in contact with friends<\/li>\n<li>Cinema or theater<\/li>\n<li>Meeting friends<\/li>\n<li>Short breaks\/day out\/picnic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Local stroke groups can be an excellent way for people with speech or communication problems to participate in leisure activities within a supported environment. Stroke groups for younger people often have social outings. Check the useful contacts at the end of this section.<\/p>\n<p>Local day or night classes offer a wide variety of subjects and many of the venues have disabled access.<br \/>\nThe Cinema Exhibitors&#8217; Association Card Website<br \/>\nA national cinema card scheme offers disabled people a free cinema pass for a person to accompany them if they register to be a card holder. The card is valid for one year and there is a small charge to register. See the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceacard.co.uk\/\">Cinema Exhibitors&#8217; Association Card Website<\/a> for details and how to apply. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leisure activities can be relaxing and may help if the person is stressed or anxious. Relaxation classes Massage ( this could be a hand or shoulder massage at home) Eating out (this could be at a friends home, in a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/?p=265\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[143,144],"class_list":["post-265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-self-help","tag-relaxation","tag-stroke-groups"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=265"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6333,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265\/revisions\/6333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}