Stroke Education Event Set For October 28

Evolution Healing Centre is thanking the public for the response to its stroke rehabilitation survey, with a stroke education event planned for October 28.

A spokesperson said, “Thank you for all the responses to our stroke rehabilitation survey which ended in September. The main aim of the survey was to collect data regarding stroke survivor’s experiences of rehabilitation in Bermuda. We plan to use this data to help us inform what is happening through the stroke pathway and put forth any recommendations that would be useful for survivor’s and the community.

“Also as a reminder World Stroke Day is approaching and we plan to complete an education event regarding stroke and present more of our data results. We invite you to visit us to celebrate your milestones, share your stories and connect with one another. We are pleased to host an education event on Friday 28th October. The event will be held Par-La-Ville Park’s queen street entrance and run from 3.00pm to 5.00pm.

“On hand to help will be senior physiotherapists Kim Watkins and Sandro Fubler from Evolution Healing Centre, along with occupational therapist Jill Davidson, senior speech and language pathologist Kimberly McIvor, and a senior dietician from island nutrition to answer any questions you may have. We look forward to meeting you.

“We will also be releasing some educational videos and information regarding strokes; stay tuned for more information. For more information you can look at the World Stroke Organization website.

“The online nationwide survey was available to any stroke survivor who met the eligibility criteria. Participants were anyone who had a stroke, received rehabilitation in Bermuda, or were eligible for rehabilitation and did not receive services, and were able to read/understand English by themselves or with a proxy. Over the eight week period, 205 people opened the survey and 56 completed it.

“Some of the preliminary demographic data showed that:

“Of the 42 participants that reported, their age was between 19-91 years of age. With the average age being 68 years old; 64% were over 65 years of age and 34% were under 65 years of age.

• Located: 95% of the participants currently resided in Bermuda
• Gender: 52% male 48% female
• Type of stroke: Ischemic 39%, Hemorrhagic, 14%, Unsure 30%

“Some of the general rehabilitation data collected showed that:

“The time frame for rehabilitation differed dramatically from 0-1 month to one participant responding for five years. The average timeframe was 11 months.

“21% of participants felt their rehabilitation needs were met and 79% felt that their needs were not met.

“The rehabilitation professionals seen [PT= Physiotherapist; OT= Occupational Therapist; SLT: Speech and Language Therapist; none [13.5%], GP, Renal RN, and home therapy]:

“We had excellent responses about the participant’s experience of data and we are currently completing analysis of the data with thematic analysis with our research team. This data will be released shortly.

“If you’d like to talk about the survey or the education event, please reach out to Evolution Healing Centre on 734-2772 or via email at admin@bpralliance.com.”

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