{"id":2761,"date":"2026-06-16T16:18:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/stroke\/?page_id=2761"},"modified":"2026-06-16T16:18:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:18:37","slug":"stroke-recovery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/stroke\/stroke-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Stroke Recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-2761\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-2761-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-2761-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-2761-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-accordion panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-accordion so-widget-sow-accordion-default-d9295f5bfa93-2761\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div>\n\t<div class=\"sow-accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\n\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-anchor-id=\"support-groups\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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