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Implementing the integrated community stroke service model
Rebecca Fisher
Kings college London
@WelshStrokeConf23
If you are a community rehab team and ESD you can register as a combined team on ssnap
Getting the most out of SSNAP for stroke rehabilitation
@louiseclark15
Dorset Healthcare university NHS
@WelshStrokeConf23
Draws a big picture /headline/trends / team data what does that mean for us ? Use it !
Driving quality improvement not carrot or stick !!!
Sex and intimacy after stroke
Jo Stevens
Bury care organisation
@WelshStrokeConf23
Less than 10% receive advice however 90%want advice
Use PLISSIT model -
Permission/limited information/specific suggestions/intensive therapy -Relate
The arts and sports -from evidence and human rights to a societal model of rehab
Dr Jonnie Mc Crea
Brain injury matters ,Belfast
@WelshStrokeConf23
Dignity /Evolving /interaction
Only 2 pages on stroke guidelines dedicated to social integration and participation
The role of neurologic music therapy in stroke rehabilitation
Vicky Guise ,Chroma
@WelshStrokeConf23
Music is a powerful tool as it connects with both left and right brain
Sensory motor - movement and rhythm /cognition - using a melody helped to access memory
Returning to work post stroke
Mille Zoeftig gave a fantastic account of her return to work as a physio after suffering 7 strokes in 8 months
@WelshStrokeConf23
Returning to work post stroke
Dr Sam fisher -hicks
Swansea bay
@WelshStrokeConf23
Factors influencing - activity related / indep in adls
Personal - type of employment
Neuropsychological fatigue /executive planning
Evidence based stroke care : the new National Clinical Guideline for Stroke 2023
Professor Martin James
Royal Devon and Exeter hospital @WelshStrokeConf23
More eligible pt groups for reperfusion therapy
More aggressive secondary prevention
intensive rehab hospital /home
Bhowmick lecture
Life after stroke :more than just surviving
Prof Dame Caroline Watkins UCL @WelshStrokeConf24
Recognise/react/respond/reveal/rehab/re enablement /rewarding life
Psychological problems affect people’s life -motivational interviewing COMMITS /STROLLERS study
Health minister for Wales Eluned Morgan
Addressed the @WelshStrokeConf23
4th leading death in wales
70,000 stroke survivors living in Wales / it’s predicted it will rise by 50 % in the next 20 years
Quality statement - prevent /survive and return to independence for stroke pt
When to start anticoagulation after stroke
Professor Urs Fischer
University of Bern Switzerland
@WelshStrokeConf23
Timing trial -early start favourable
Elan academic trial - early anticoagulation is better