Stroke is a world wide-spread disease that causes many deaths but also brings on dis-abilities. To be affected by stroke for most of the individuals means an impairment of their quality of life. Science reveals that quality of life can increase through support from their surroundings of relatives, family, friends and the health personnel. The purpose of this study is to find knowledge about if health personnel in both emer-gency – and home care service, feels that they can support the persons that suffered from stroke and trough support give the person their quality of life back. A partial purpose of the study was to find out if there are any guide lines for stroke medical care. The study was made by a qualitative approach where four respondents in the health personnel and home care answered a semi structured questionnaire. By includ-ing respondents from different professions involved in the stroke medical care there was an expectation to enrich the study to discern differences but also detect similari-ties in their way of working and assignments. The result indicate that through the learned skills within the respondents altogether with the guidelines for stroke medical care the health personnel experienced that they could support their patients. The sup-port consist in strategies to cope and empowerment which allows the patient to regain the control of his or hers life as well as for taking part in the rehabilitation. The par-ticipation in planning the treatment before being discharged from hospital treatment and the planning itself contributes to the unbroken chain of care which is important for the stroke patient’s quality of life. Keywords: Coping, Participation, Stroke, Quality of life