Heidi is the queen of the concept of environmental enrichment to maximise recovery potential post stroke and other neurological conditions. She shares all about her work in this episode, including her latest venture partnering with end users to develop a community model for environmental enrichment (ESTEEM). We also chat about the Yarning Up After Stroke program she co-leads, designed to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stroke survivors take control of their stroke recovery.

4.06 Intro
4.39 Current roles & Career pathway
6.45 Perspective as a clinician in health system and researcher
8.15 Engaging with the community to ascertain research priorities
11.00 Environmental enrichment (EE) community model
15.34 Good intervention development - Basic science to clinical research to clinical practice
18.23 Competing demands in research
19.34 Components of ESTEEM community group
What carers want out of EE groups
How to measure these components

26.25 Rehabilitation in a utopian world
28.20 Overcoming barriers in EE research
32.50 Virtual vs Reality in EE
36.48 Crucial elements of EE
38.21 How to apply EE in the clinic
42.25 Being a change agent of EE
44.15 Yarning Up After Stroke

Papers and References

Enriched environment research

Links

Dr. Janssen’s Newcastle University profile

ESTEEM study

Yarning Up After Stroke

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