About Stroke4Carers

Special thanks to all the stroke carers who took part in focus groups, individual interviews or by email during the consultation period and the development of the website.

Thanks also to all the organisations who gave permission to add their links to this website. Also to staff from Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland, Interactive Content Section, University of Edinburgh, National Advisory Committee for Stroke and June Weston, Grants Officer, Big Lottery Fund who have supported stroke4carers.

Acknowledgements

Select each of the headings below for a full list of people involved in this development of this website.

  • Steering group +

    • Clare Adams, STARs Project Manager, CHSS Edinburgh
    • Fran Bailey, STARs 4 Project Coordinator, CHSS Edinburgh
    • Michael Begg, LTS Manager, Edinburgh University
    • Sylvia Brant, Stroke Carer, Fife
    • Professor Martin Dennis. Chair National Advisory Committee for Stroke
    • John Henderson, Stroke Carer, Wick
    • Colin Hood, Stroke Carer, Edinburgh
    • Lesley Kane, CHSS Lanarkshire
    • Juliet MacKellaig, Voices for Carers, CHSS Edinburgh
    • Rosie McLoughlin, VOCAL Edinburgh
    • Lynn Reid, Lead Training Coordinator, CHSS Edinburgh
    • Debbie Rutherford, Borders Carers
    • Margaret Sommerville, Director of Advice and Support CHSS

  • Stakeholders +

  • Film Clips +

    • Filmed by John Archer, Ambient Productions, Edinburgh
    • Alison Anderson, Physiotherapist, NHS Fife
    • Fran Bailey, STARS 4 Project Coordinator, CHSS Edinburgh
    • Nancy and Norman Berry, Fife
    • Sheena Borthwick, Speech and Language Therapist, NHS Lothian
    • Alison Cassells, Stroke Nurse, NHS Fife
    • John Douglas Fife
    • Greg Drysdale, Grangemouth
    • Hazel Frazer, Stroke Coordinator, NHS Fife
    • Isobel Fraser, Leven
    • Joanne Graham, Stroke Trainer, CHSS Fife
    • Bill Hendry, Glenrothes
    • Jean and Gordon Johnston, Edinburgh
    • NHS Choices
    • NHS Scotland
    • Frank and Pauline McKeown Fife
    • Lorna Nicholson, Speech and Language Therapist, NHS Fife
    • Lynne Robertson, LTS, Edinburgh University
    • Lorna Stanley, Dietician, NHS Fife
    • Jim Summers, Kirkcaldy
    • Wendy Szaranek, Physiotherapist, NHS Fife

  • Website development +

    • Fran Bailey, STARS 4 Project Coordinator, CHSS
    • Stewart Cromar, LTS, Edinburgh University
    • Lynne Robertson, LTS, Edinburgh University

  • Photographs with permission from: +

    • John Archer Ambient Productions
    • Autochair LTD
    • Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
    • Professor Martin Dennis Chair National Advisory Committee for Stroke
    • Driving Assessment Centre NHS Lothian
    • Nottingham Rehab Supplies
    • NHS Photo library
    • NHS Scotland Photo library
    • Lynne Robertson LTS Edinburgh University
    • Stockphoto.com

  • Contributors/Reviewers +

    • Alison Cassells Stroke Nurse NHS Fife
    • Gillian Currie, Stroke Trainer, CHSS Edinburgh
    • Charlie Chung, Specialist Stroke Occupational Therapist, NHS Fife
    • Mairi Chrystal, Lead Stroke Nurse, CHSS Grampian
    • Professor Martin Dennis, Chair National Advisory Committee on Stroke
    • Bethan Evans, Training Support Manager, Citizens Advice Scotland
    • Fiona Ewart, Stroke Practise Development Facilitator, CHSS
    • Hazel Fraser, Stroke Coordinator, NHS Fife
    • Kirsty Freeland, Patient and Family Support Manager, Strathcarron Hospice
    • Edie Garlick, Advice Line Nurse, CHSS
    • Joanne Graham, Stroke Trainer, CHSS Fife
    • Laura Hastings, Lead Advice Line Nurse, CHSS
    • Christine Hazelton, Research Optician, Glasgow Caledonian University
    • David Holcombe, Benefits Advisor, Citizens Advice/CHSS
    • Ian Hutchison, Community Rehabilitation Team, Edinburgh
    • Juliet MacKellaig, Voices for Carers, CHSS
    • Krista MacKellaig, Nurse
    • Marlene MacKenzie, Manager Scottish Driving Assessment Centre, Edinburgh
    • Rosie McLoughlin, VOCAL Edinburgh
    • Libby Milton, Project Clinical Advisor, Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice, Glasgow
    • Marion Murray, Clinical Psychologist, NHS Lothian
    • Elizabeth Norby, Advice Line Nurse, CHSS
    • Lynn Reid, Lead Training Coordinator, CHSS Edinburgh
    • Jennifer Riddland, Stroke Therapist, CHSS Fort William
    • Debbie Rutherford, Information and Training Officer, Borders Carers
    • Jane Sheils, Specialist Stroke Physiotherapist, NHS Lothian
    • Margaret Sommerville, Director of Advice and Support, CHSS
    • Dorothy Storey, Stroke Nurse, NHS Shetland & Western Isles
    • Stroke Managed Clinical Network, NHS Grampian
    • Iain Telfer, Chaplain, Edinburgh
    • Paula Young, Specialist Stroke Occupational Therapist, Inverness