Controlled Education Of Patients After Stroke

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients over 60 years of age * Patients who have had a first stroke, transient or permanent, ischaemic or haemorrhagic, justifying hospitalisation * Patients with high blood pressure already treated or discovered at the time of the stroke and justifying the start of a treatment * Patients who have had a stroke with sequelae allowing immediate return home or justifying a stay of less than one month in rehabilitation * Patient having a member of his social circle who has agreed to provide follow-up for two years in association with the assigned nursing personnel in case of randomisation into the "optimised follow-up" group. Exclusion criteria * Patients less than 60 years of age * Patients with a history of stroke * Patients who do not have high blood pressure discovered by a treatment prior to the stroke or by abnormal blood pressure figures during hospitalisation * Patients who have had a stroke causing serious sequelae, justifying an extended stay in a rehabilitation department * Patient who has no one in his social circle capable of working with the assigned nursing personnel, or patient living in an institution