Young stroke

Wednesday 19 October 2022, 2–3 pm AEDT

Presented by Nichola Browning and Saran Chamberlain, Stroke Foundation 

Stroke Foundation’s three-year Young Stroke Project started in 2020 with the aim to better meet the information needs and preferences of survivors of stroke aged 18 to 65 years, their family, friends and carers.  

Join this webinar as we unveil the new Young Stroke website!

The Young Stroke website is a place to hear survivors of stroke aged between 18–65 years talk about what helps and the challenges they face. A place to get tips, resources and connect with others who "get it." A safe space to feel less alone. A starting place to find information about stroke and recovery. 

This webinar is for clinicians working in stroke, researchers, survivors of stroke and their support crew.

What will be covered:

• Young Stroke Project background and co-design process.
• Hear from young people with lived experience.
• Identify key resources within the new website.
• How to share the new website resources with your patients, family and friends.
• Find out about other supports for the young stroke community.
• Panel Q&A.
   

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About the presenters

Nichola Browning is the Stroke Foundation’s StrokeLink Coordinator (WA and SA). She has over 32 years’ experience as a registered nurse, specialising in critical care, neuroscience, traumatic and acquired brain injury, rehabilitation, paediatric, and cardiothoracic nursing.

Nichola’s clinical and non-clinical roles have focused on service design, co-design, quality and continuous improvement, innovation, systems, policy, audit, and accreditation.

Since 2019, Nichola has also worked alongside her daughter, Beth (a young stroke survivor), to share their lived experience of stroke to help and support others in the stroke community.

After suffering a stroke in 2013 at the age of 38, Saran Chamberlain is a passionate advocate for stroke survivors within her home state of South Australia and at a national level.

She is the Project Coordinator for Stroke Foundation’s Young Stroke Project, a member of the Consumer Council and the Stroke Community of Practice in South Australia.

Beyond these roles, Saran is involved in many stroke research programs and advocacy activities as well as support coordination for people touched by stroke. She knows from her own experience with NDIS there is a need for compassion, empathy and direction in this field.