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Completed Projects/Reports
Integrating Chronic Disease Prevention with Primary Care in South East Community Health Centres: Building Capacity in Primary Health Care for Reducing Risk of Stroke in HIgh Risk Populations
July 1, 2008 - March 31, 2010
For further information on this project, please contact Marsha Stephen, Executive Director, Belleville Quinte West Community Health Centre, 613-922-8672.
This project was funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion, through Ontario Stroke System funding.
The purpose of this project was to increase the uptake of health promotion concepts and the use of that knowledge by the interprofessional primary health care teams in the four Community Health Centres in the South East LHIN. Learnings from this project will be shared with Family Health Teams and Community Health Centres.
Click here to view a three page summary of the report
 Stroke Prevention in Primary Care Summary Report
Click here to view the final report
Stroke Prevention in Primary Care Evaluation Report March 2010
Click here to view a powerpoint presentation on the project findings
Stroke Prevention in Primary Care Presentation
Environmental Scan of LTC Homes in Southeastern Ontario Report, September 2009
In order to better understand how the Stroke Network of Southeastern Ontario (SNSEO) could best support the 39 LTC Homes in our region to implement and sustain best practice stroke care, an environmental scan was conducted. The goals of the scan were to:
- Inititate or renew contact with the Homes (through the Regional Stroke Community & LTC Coordinator);
- Introduce or re-introduce the available educational supports offered by the SNSEO and obtain feedback on their value;
- Enhance our understanding of the challenges currently faced by LTC Homes and how the SNSEO might help to address these challenges to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes; and
- Inform SNSEO Workplans
For a copy of the final report of the Environmental Scan of LTC Homes in Southeastern Ontario, please click here.
To view the powerpoint summary of the report, please click here.
Building Capacity to Enhance Community Reintegration of People with Stroke
June 2007 to March 2008
For further information on this project, please contact Gwen Brown, Regional Stroke Community & LTC Coordinator at 613-549-6666 x6867.
Pamela Smit, Project Consultant, Veradus Consulting, Phone: (613) 820-7036
The expected outcomes of this project are as follows:
- Develop a shared understanding of the changes required to enhance community reintegration of people with stroke;
- Assess existing community and organizational opportunties and challenges for creating change;
- Define strategic priorities to enhance community reintegration services and supports where appropriate and feasible;
- Stimulate and support action
For a copy of the final report of the Community Reintegration issues and recommended actions, please click here.
For a copy of the Community Reintegration Leadership Team Update for Health Providers, please click here.
For a copy of the Community Reintegration Leadership Team Update for the Public, please click here.
Development of the Tips and Tools for Everyday Living: A Guide for Stroke Caregivers - Program for Academic Settings
September 2006-September 2008
Project Leaders:
St. Lawrence College, School of Health Sciences:
Kathleen Kennedy, Professor and Program Coordinator, Personal Support Worker Program
Ruth Doran, Nursing Professor
Stroke Network of Southeastern Ontario:
Sue Saulnier, Regional Stroke Education Coordinator
The objective of this project was to develop a stroke continuing education program for frontline community and LTC health care providers that can be used across existing academic settings and programs throughout Ontario. the program is based on the education resource entitled "Tips and Tools for Everyday Living: A Guide for Stroke Caregivers". The project developed and implemented a series of five focused, 4-hour educational workshops that were piloted at St. Lawrence College, Kingston and Brockville Campuses, Loyalist College in Belleville and a Long Term Care Home.
For more information on the Tips & Tools Resources and the accompanying education package for each workshop, please see the "Professional Education" section of this website.
Click here to view the Final Report of the College Education Pilot Project.
Rehabilitation Pilot Project
Regional Stroke Steering Committee of Southeastern Ontario
November, 2004
Cally Martin, Regional Director, Stroke Network of Southeastern Ontario (613) 549-6666, extension 3562
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From 2002 to 2004, the Stroke Rehabilitation Pilot Project of SEO investigated ways to improve the rehabilitation system for stroke survivors, their families and their health-care providers. One part of this project investigated enhancing the timeliness and intensity of community-based rehabilitation services on discharge from inpatient rehabilitation. The results indicated significantly greater change in function in those stroke clients that received the enhanced therapy.
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Final Report on the Southeastern Ontario Telestroke Pilot Project
Author: Cindy Bolton, RN, BNSc, MBA
October 2004-March 2006
The goals of this project were to use telemedicine to support hyper-acute stroke care, to provide consultation services in prevention and rehabilitation and to support health professionals through education.
Final Report on the Implementation of a Dysphagia Management Program for Acute Stroke Survivors: The Quinte Health Care Experience
Author: Audrey Brown, M.Sc., SLP
September 2005-May 2006
The goal of this project was to ensure the effective and efficient management of dysphagia in those who have experienced acute stroke throughout Quinte Health Care sites.
From Other Regions
For information on completed projects from other regions across the province, please refer to the other Stroke System websites by going to "Professional Links" - "Ontario Stroke System".
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