Educating – Supporting - Preventing


The Stroke Project is a Hackney based service that provides long term, person centred support to stroke survivors’ and their families. Finding yourself alone with a disability after community rehabilitation services is a frightening time. We are on hand to alleviate some of these fears. Viewing recovery in the long term, we have the privilege of witnessing our members progressing towards achieving personal aims, great or small. We also work within the community to raise awareness of stroke and help people identify and reduce their risk.


Long Term, Person Centred Support

The Stroke Project supports and empowers people affected by stroke to ensure everyone has the opportunity to work towards achieving their personal aims.

Stroke Survivors Groups - Space and time in a supported environment to explore stroke with other stroke survivors. Stroke focused physical, social, “brain stimulating” and fun activities.

Community Stroke Outreach - Person centred individual support for stroke survivors, families and carers towards independent living. A link between community services, health and social care, along the stroke pathway.

Communications Service - Community group support for stroke survivors with communication difficulties and workshops for community groups.

Information, Advice, Support – Regular services for anyone who has been affected by stroke and needs information or support to access local community services.

Stroke Prevention

Health Promotion - Stroke awareness & prevention sessions for community groups, care professionals. What is a stroke? Identify symptoms of stroke, major risk factors, support to prevent strokes and awareness of the effects of stroke.

Hypertension Project – Raising awareness on hypertension and measuring blood pressure in the community.

Vascular risk assessment – Supporting the national initiative to help men and women identify and reduce their risk of heart attack, stroke, diabetes and kidney disease.



Education

Dementia Training -Training workshop for frontline health administration professionals to understand the signs and symptoms of people affected with dementia.

Volunteers - Gain experience in health and social care whilst supporting stroke survivors to regain autonomy or promoting health.



Improving Community Stroke Services

Stroke Project Development Work

The Stroke Project is developing services across other boroughs in London to help provide community based support services for people affected by stroke their families and carers. The development work is being carried out by ‘The Stroke Project’ who are working closely with the North East London Stroke Network, Healthcare for London and other stakeholders to provide long term care for ‘Life after stroke’.

Joint Working - Collaborating with local health, social care and voluntary sector partners to ensure quality of services for people affected by stroke and raise awareness of stroke.

Research Projects

Action research and consultations on local needs and best practice of delivering stroke services in the community.



Contact us for more information

Phil Collis, Stroke Project Development Manager,
Tel: 0207 017 2810, email: philcollis@tlccare.org.uk

Nansia Gatopoulou, City & Hackney Stroke Services Manager,
Tel: 0207 017 2811 email: nansiagatopoulou@tlccare.org.uk

Robert O’Loughlin, Community Stroke Coordinator,
Tel: 0207 017 2814, email: robertoloughlin@tlccare.org.uk

Laura Prikken, Stroke Project Worker,
Tel: 0207 017 2815, email: lauraprikken@tlccare.org.uk

Momina Choudhury, Support Officer,
Tel: 0207 017 2813, email: mominachoudhury@tlccare.org.uk

Judith Lockley, Community Health Adviser,
Tel: 0207 017 2812, email: judithlockley@tlccare.org.uk

General enquiries and referrals:
Fax: 0207 017 2837 email: strokeproject@tlccare.org.uk
 

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