Stroke rehabilitation program continues web-cast initiative
November 21, 2008Following the success of the Rural Health Education Foundation’s first ever web-cast in June, a follow-up program about stroke rehabilitation will be web-cast simultaneously with its first airing on satellite television on December 9.
The Journey Back: Rehabilitation After Stroke will be presented as a live and interactive web-cast through the following web-cast webpage at 8pm (ADST) on Tuesday 9th December.
The new program picks up where Striking Back: Treatment and Management of Stroke (the Foundation’s initial web-cast pilot back in June) left off, providing rural GPs, nurses, and other health practitioners vital to stroke care with the most up-to-date information on rehabilitation.
The Journey Back will air simultaneously on the Foundation’s nationwide satellite broadcast network.
Turning viewers into participants through web-casting
“The feedback we received from our first foray into web-casting has been very positive,” says Rural Health Education Foundation acting CEO Amanda Little. “Our viewers certainly appreciate the opportunity to pose questions directly to the program presenters while the program is in progress.”
“And it’s fitting that our next web-cast, The Journey Back, is again stroke-related, this time focusing on assessment, discharge planning, and ongoing services for stroke victims,” says Ms Little.
About the program
The Journey Back: Rehabilitation After Stroke focuses on the rehabilitation and return home of stroke survivors, and emphasises the importance of comprehensive assessment of rehabilitation needs, beginning at the point of hospitalization.
It highlights how access to ongoing services - the ‘journey back’ - is very different depending on geographical location. The program also considers the implications for intervention with rural and remote patients, their families and carers.
Presented by a panel of experts
The format of The Journey Back: Rehabilitation After Stroke is a live panel discussion led by Dr Norman Swan and featuring leading medical practitioners including Ms Melissa Gill, Stroke Care Coordinator for McIntyre & Tablelands Cluster in Armidale, NSW; Dr Warwick Hain, a General Practitioner from Wauchope in NSW; Dr Debbie Kesper, a Rehabilitation Physician from Bendigo Health Care Group in Victoria; and Ms Michelle Sharkey, Executive Officer of the Stroke Recovery Association in NSW.
Presentation details
The hour-long program will be presented as a live and interactive web-cast starting at 8pm (ADST) on Tuesday 9th December 2008.
Viewers wishing to participate in the web-cast should register online at http://www-waa-akam.thomson-webcast.net/au/dispatching/?event_id=c0ef496320e6c7af5884452c28b67adb&portal_id=cbcd84386e8128050ef381d83e104891
The Journey Back will be simultaneously broadcast across the Rural Health Education Foundation’s satellite television network on Tuesday 9th December at 8pm (ADST), with repeats at 8.00pm Perth time that same evening (two hours later) and 12.30pm on Friday 12th December.
Available on DVD and the web
DVD copies of this program will be available for purchase after the web-cast and broadcasts via the Foundation’s website.
The program will also be available free on the Internet for viewing via web-streamed video or listening via an audio podcast.
Program funding
The Journey Back: Rehabilitation After Stroke is produced with funding from the Australian Government Department of Health & Ageing.
About stroke rehabilitation
Over the next 10 years, nearly 500,000 Australians will suffer at least one stroke. One in five initial stroke sufferers die within the first month; nearly 90% of survivors live at home, and almost all have some form of disability.
The impact of stroke on survivors and their families is profound. Many remain disabled either physically or cognitively; many are unable to return to work; social isolation and depression is common. At the same time, services for support and long-term recovery are limited, and this is particularly the case in rural and remote parts of Australia.
The web-cast will coincide with the launch of the National Stroke Foundation’s first audit of rehabilitation (hospital based) services around Australia, of which Dr Debbie Kesper (on the web-cast panel) was one of the members on the steering committee.
The key points from this audit will be posted in on the resources section of the Journey Back program page.
More information
For more information on The Journey Back: Rehabilitation After Stroke - including presenter details, access instructions and associated educational resources - visit the program page or contact the Foundation.