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Stroke Survivors’ Needs in Finland: Stroke rehabilitation insufficient as it is now
When it comes to stroke treatment and aftercare, Nordic countries are often believed to be among the most advanced in Europe. Even so, there is a room for improvement as we learned from our conversation with Finnish Brain Association’s Executive Director Tiina...
Stroke Action Plan for Europe Implementation: First Steering Committee meeting held today in Munich
The first Steering Committee meeting for implementation of the Stroke Action Plan for Europe (SAPE) was held today in Munich. The Steering Committee's main task will include a definition of a strategy framework, the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for monitoring the...
SAFE’s new Director General commenced in post on the 12th August 2019
SAFE is very pleased to announce the new Director General, Arlene Wilkie, commenced in post on the 12th August, leading and overseeing the delivery of all SAFE activity and projects, working with our existing experienced team of Jelena Misita, Communications Manager,...
Survivors, carers and therapists – would you use technology to help rehab? We want to know!
Project AMoRSA AMoRSA stands for “Adaptive and highly motivating platform for the rehabilitation of patients with arm palsy following a stroke“. The project kicked off on March 1st, 2017 (ending February 29th, 2020). MOTIVATION In Europe, millions of people live with...
Stroke Survivors’ Needs in Latvia: Rehabilitation without waiting lists and medicines’ availability
This week, Inese Maurina from Latvian organisation Parsirdi.lv, offered SAFE team an insight into the needs of the Stroke Survivors and #LifeAfterStroke issues in her country. SAFE: What is one issue related to the life after stroke in your country that you think...