“…Patients perceive nursing staff as only focusing on meeting patients’ basic physical needs, which gives patients a feeling of physiological and emotional isolation during their inpatient rehabilitation (Gallacher et al, 2013; Hole et al, 2014; Satink et al, 2013; Secrest & Thomas, 1999). Patients admitted to inpatient rehabilitation are described as being inactive and alone during the day (Bernhardt, Dewey, Thrift, & Donnan, 2004; West & Bernhardt, 2012) despite evidence that early rehabilitation and intensive training are significant for functional outcome (Askim, Bernhardt, Salvesen, & Indredavik, 2014; Bernhardt, Godecke, Johnson, & Langhorne, 2017).…”