Public forum on tele-rehab research
The Centre of Research Excellence in Stroke Rehabilitation and Brain Recovery is holding a public forum on tele-rehabilitation research. Come along to hear about when and how stroke rehabilitation is being offered by telehealth all over Australia.
Where:
Cameron Park Community Centre
107 Northlakes Dr, Cameron Park NSW 2285
When:
Wednesday 7 August 2019
From 1–2 pm there will be a lunch and expo, where you can meet researchers and health professionals, share your story and find out about joining a research study.
Then 2–4 pm will be a public forum in which Australian stroke researchers will give updates on their work on tele-rehabilitation.
This includes a panel discussion on how using video calls can get science-based stroke rehabilitation to more people. Hosted by Stroke Register Manager Gillian Mason, this will be a conversation between stroke survivors Raymond Gray and Stephen Ward, Stephen's wife Tracey Ward, Rehabilitation Specialist Professor Rohan Grimley, HNEHealth Telehealth Manager Jenny Rutherford and Research lead for the Victorian Stroke Telemedicine Program Professor Dominique Cadilhac.
Everyone is welcome to attend. Please register for free at http://bit.ly/register_telerehab, or contact strokeregister@hmri.org.au or (02) 4042 0093.
If you can't attend in person, there will be a livestream of the public forum on either:
YouTube at https://youtu.be/_zzi7UPg9gY. You can watch this even if you don't have a YouTube account, but if you do login to an account you will be able to comment and ask questions.
Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CREStrokerehab. If you follow @CREStrokeRehab on Facebook you will likely receive a notification when the stream starts, otherwise you can go to the @CREStrokeRehab at 2 pm and find the stream. You can leave comments, and ask questions which will be posed to the speakers as time allows.