Early supported discharge after stroke presented by Vanessa Trotman and Stephanie Thompson
Vanessa will present on EDARS – Enablers, Challenges and Reflections.
Early Discharge and Rehabilitation Service (EDARS) is an intensive, comprehensive, time limited community rehabilitation service at Te Whatu Ora Waitematā. This presentation will provide an overview of the EDARS model of care, with a focus on the enablers and challenges faced with service delivery, as well as a brief exploration of patient outcomes and use of telehealth.
The presentation will also provide clinician reflections and experiences in delivering rehabilitation within a community setting compared to a traditional inpatient rehabilitation model.
Stephanie will discuss Interprofessional practice in a stroke early supported discharge team.
This will cover what interprofessional practice is, and what this looks like, from experience, in a stroke early supported discharge team. She will also discuss the benefits and challenges of working in an interprofessional manner.
Stephanie Thompson is a physiotherapist at Te Whatu Ora - Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley, in the Early supported discharge team, and Clinical Lead for Rehabilitation at Capital Coast.
Stephanie completed a PhD in 2022 in Stroke care access and outcomes at the University of Otago, Wellington with Prof Anna Ranta and has a passion for improving equitable access to best practice stroke rehabilitation.
Vanessa Trotman graduated from University of Bradford in England with a BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy in 2007.
She has completed a post graduate Certificate in Rehabilitation through Auckland University of Technology (2017) and has a particular interest in stroke rehabilitation.
Vanessa moved to New Zealand in 2008 and worked for Hawkes Bay DHB for 6 years before moving to Auckland in 2015.
Vanessa worked for Rehab Plus (Auckland DHB) for 15 months in the inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation departments, and joined EDARS (Waitematā) in April 2016 during its start-up phase and became Clinical Team Leader for the service in June 2019.