- For caregivers, for some of our patients, they're not able to kind of express their thoughts to us, and they may not be able to comprehend what we're telling them, and so the caregivers, of course, which for stroke patients play a really critical role, so for the caregivers, I think it's important to kind of be aware that depression is very common after stroke and to watch out for in the stroke survivors, the patients who they're caring for, their loved ones that they're caring for, and be able to have open dialogue with the providers about this as well.