NHMRC Ideas Grant Success
CRI's Director, Professor Michael Nilsson, has been awarded over $400,000 for an NHMRC Ideas grant exploring the impact of commonly described medications on the trajectory of recovery in stroke survivors. The three [...]
NHMRC Ideas Grant Success
Professor Leeanne Carey and her team at La Trobe University, in collaboration with the Centre for Rehab Innovations (CRI), The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health and University of South Australia, have [...]
New legislation in Japan relating to stroke care
Podcast: new legislation in Japan brings the stroke survivor voice to the table and makes it law to provide best-evidence stroke care. (Nov 25, 2019)
Thriving Through Theatre After A Stroke
'Stroke Stories' was featured on ABC Radio National Life Matters today, interviewing playwright Linden Wilkinson and stroke survivor and actor, Brian Lowe, on theatre performance interventions for recovery after stroke and 'What life is really like after a stroke?' Listen to the interview here.
Devised theatre as a stroke therapy
Hunter research study looks at using devised theatre performance as a stroke therapy (July 19, 2019) Brian Lowe was standing on top of a ladder when he suffered his first stroke. The Wallsend man was 73. A handyman.
Thriving through theatre
A new play exploring this question has come up with a range of answers with one common theme - that hope is needed to make life after a stroke not just bearable, but enjoyable. Playwright Linden Wilkinson speaks to us about devising the play. Stroke survivor and actor Brian Lowe tells us about his experience performing in 'Stroke Stories.'
Theatre Performance Interventions for Recovery After Stroke
Our researchers will test an 8-week Devised Theatre Performance Process, which we hypothesize will improve the psychosocial well-being and cognitive function of people in the chronic phase of stroke (stroke >6 months ago), with a protocol currently in development.