As we gear up for the festive season, we want to express our heartfelt thanks to our wonderful community and supporters! Thank you to everyone that has supported Stroke Foundation this year, whether it was attending events, advocating, volunteering your valuable time or making a donation, we are very grateful! THANK YOU! Our team are going to take a break during the Christmas and New Year period, with Stroke Foundation offices closing from 2.30pm Friday 20 December and reopening on 2 January 2025. StrokeLine (1800 787 653) will be closed over this period and will be reopening on Monday 6 January 2025. It's important to remember stroke is always a medical emergency: if you think you or someone you know is having a stroke, call triple zero (000) immediately. Lifeline is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for crisis support, if you need support over this period, please call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For other stroke information and support while we are closed, please check out: https://enableme.org.au/. Stay safe and merry! See you in 2025!
Stroke Foundation
Hospitals and Health Care
Melbourne, Victoria 10,417 followers
Supporting survivors on their journey to live the best possible life after stroke.
About us
The Stroke Foundation is a national charity that partners with the community to prevent, treat and beat stroke. We stand alongside stroke survivors and their families, healthcare professionals and researchers. We build community awareness and foster new thinking and innovative treatments. We support survivors on their journey to live the best possible life after stroke. We are the voice of stroke in Australia and we work to: - Raise awareness of the risk factors, signs of stroke and promote healthy lifestyles. - Improve treatment for stroke to save lives and reduce disability. - Improve life after stroke for survivors. - Encourage and facilitate stroke research. - Advocate for initiatives to prevent, treat and beat stroke. - Raise funds from the community, corporate sector and government to continue our mission. Our vision - A world free from disability and suffering caused by stroke. Our mission - Prevent stroke. Save lives. Enhance recovery. Our Values - Courage. Excellence. Compassion. Integrity. Leadership.
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http://www.strokefoundation.org.au
External link for Stroke Foundation
- Industry
- Hospitals and Health Care
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Melbourne, Victoria
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1983
- Specialties
- fundraising, awareness building, community engagement, health education, health promotion, support, advocacy, focused program delivery, stroke, prevention, research, and partnerships
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Employees at Stroke Foundation
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Every year in Australia, millions of years of healthy life are lost because of injury, illness or premature deaths. This loss of healthy life is called the ‘burden of disease’. The Australian Burden of Disease Study 2024, conducted by the AIHW, includes national estimates for 220 diseases and injuries in 2024 based on projections using historical trends in data. It also includes estimates of the disease burden attributed to 20 individual risk factors in 2024. Information on burden of disease and injuries is important for monitoring population health and provides an evidence base to inform health policy and service planning. Learn more here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gw45JY4f
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Congratulations Richard Crookes!! 🌟 Richard has been awarded the Champion Award at the annual Lord Mayoral Awards hosted by the City of Darwin on the International Day of People with Disability. 👏 A stroke survivor himself, Richard is an advocate for improved accessibility and has long called for disability ramps at fishing spots and increased wheelchair parking across the Territory. 🫶 His tireless efforts in improving the lives of stroke survivors and their families has not gone unnoticed and it’s so great to see his outstanding efforts in supporting people with disabilities is being recognised. 👍 Thank you for all that you do in the Top End! 🙌
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Congratulations to this year's Stroke Foundation Research Grants recipients, Dr Lloyd LY Chan, PT, PhD, Dr Taylor Jenkin, Dr Kelly Miles and Brooke Parsons. Stroke Foundation is immensly proud of the work being undertaken by this wonderful group of researchers and people with lived experience. Their research will go a long way in changing the lives of survivors of stroke and their families. For the first time in this grants program, people with lived experience of stroke have been awarded Future Leader Grants. The grant is designed to support their development as emerging leaders in research. Stroke Foundation Research Advisory Committee Chair, Prof. Coralie English, says this is an exciting milestone. “It is critical that researchers work in partnership with people with lived experience of stroke to ensure the work that we do will make a real difference in people’s lives. The Stroke Foundation has a proud history of being early adopters in the field of lived experience co-design. Offering a Future Leader Grant specifically targeted to someone with lived experience of stroke further demonstrates our commitment to excellence in lived experience research partnerships.” Stroke Foundation’s Research Grants program has awarded more than $6.7 million in grants to 225 researchers since 2008. More information regarding stroke research 👇 https://lnkd.in/gEFjHudM
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Go Team Stroke! So proud of everyone for winning Xref Best Workplace Award and for Stroke Foundation to be an award winner once again. The connection to each other, our mission and our community shines through 💚. Jane Watson CPA MAICD, Suzanne Larsson CPHR, John De Rango, Tope Adepoyibi, Sarah Meredith, Linda Kristjanson AO, FAICD, FTSE
Xref Engage Awards Winners for November 🏆 We're thrilled to celebrate the incredible organisations that have earned the Best Workplace Award and Change Champion Award! Best Workplace Award Winners Opportunity International Australia Tertiary Institutions Service Centre (TISC) Stroke Foundation Gippsland Centre against Sexual Assault MAB Corporation Camp Quality Change Champion Award Winner Cumberland Council These trailblazers are setting the standard for creating exceptional work environments and driving meaningful change. 🌟 👏 Congratulations to the winners, and thank you for inspiring us all! This year, we’ve had the privilege of celebrating some remarkable organisations that have truly made a difference. Check out the complete list of winners here: https://lnkd.in/e8pR4ECr We’ll return in February to celebrate the next round of exceptional workplaces and changemakers. Stay tuned! 🌟
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We were proud to support Ambulance Victoria and The Royal Melbourne Hospital this past weekend to help launch the second Mobile Stroke Unit (MSU) - a vital and groundbreaking resource that delivers immediate, on-site stroke care to patients. ✌
A second Mobile Stroke Unit (MSU) has hit the road in Melbourne’s south-east, expanding access to revolutionary pre-hospital care for stroke patients. The new vehicle is based in Dandenong, adding to the first MSU which operates within 20 kilometres of The Royal Melbourne Hospital. The MSUs are custom-built, specialist vehicles that allow stroke patients to receive hospital-grade assessment and treatment in the field, rather than waiting to arrive at a hospital. They are fitted with the latest diagnostic technology including a CT scanner, telemedicine equipment and mobile laboratory - and are staffed by special stroke teams consisting of a neurologist, stroke nurse, radiographer and two paramedics. The crews also have virtual on-board access to a stroke neurologist based at the RMH. A person suffers a stroke every 19 minutes in Australia and it’s one of Victoria’s biggest killers and a leading cause of disability. With stroke, every minute counts, and the sooner paramedics arrive, and treatment begins, the better one’s chance of surviving and maintaining a good quality of life. F.A.S.T. signs of stroke account for 80 percent of stroke symptoms: F - Check their FACE. Has their mouth drooped? A - Can they lift both ARMS? S - Is their SPEECH slurred? Do they understand you? T - TIME is critical. If you see any of these signs, call 000 immediately. Read more about it here: https://bit.ly/3Zrgk0w
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Ever wondered how Australia is tracking against the aims and focus areas identified in the National Preventive Health Strategy? Check out Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)'s new dashboard which will give you an idea on how we are progressing in line with key health targets.
Today the AIHW has published a new, interactive monitoring dashboard to track progress against targets of two key strategies designed to improve the health and wellbeing of Australians. View the dashboard here 👉 https://brnw.ch/21wPm4N Read the media release here 👉 https://brnw.ch/21wPm4M
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We're excited to share Federal Health Minister Mark Butler's opening address at the National Hypertension Taskforce's recent inaugural Hypertension Summit. Launched in 2022, the National Hypertension Taskforce is tackling the issue of managing high blood pressure in Australia with the aim of increasing Australia’s blood pressure control rate from 32 per cent to 70 per cent by 2030. The taskforce brings together leaders in the health sector, including Stroke Foundation, Heart Foundation, Hypertension Australia, Australian Cardiovascular Alliance, The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and Kidney Health Australia. Full session recordings from the Hypertension Summit will be gradually released, so keep an eye out on the Taskforce's website. #hypertensiontaskforce Check out the video here: https://lnkd.in/g4fih47U
National Hypertension Summit 2024 - National Hypertension Taskforce
https://www.hypertensiontaskforce.au
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Today Stroke Foundation said thank you to the huge army of wonderful volunteers who give their time and enthusiasm to support the foundation and the work we do. Volunteers at the Stroke Foundation make a unique and important contribution, are part of the community we represent, provide different points of view and bring experience and expertise that enrich the organisation. They are vital to the work of the Stroke Foundation and build capacity to deliver programs, run activities and raise awareness about stroke across Australia. To all our volunteers- thank you! 🫶
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