Stroke survivors with avoidable disability pay the price of rehabilitation shortfall, warns the Stroke Association
Stroke currently costs the UK £25.7 billion a year – £70.4 million a day – in health, social care, and wider economy
Over half is on social care - £13.7 billion - as stroke survivors are often left with life-changing mental and physical disabilities due to the brain injury caused
A stroke survivor from Pentre, is sharing their story ahead of World Stroke Day, as part of a national campaign to spotlight the fragility of the brain and the life-changing impact a stroke can have on people of all ages.
Ben Sims, 20, from the Rhondda in South Wales, is sharing his story as part of the Stroke Association’s ‘Survival Is Not Enough’ campaign, highlighting why surviving a stroke
A stroke survivor who lives in Carmel near Holywell in North Wales, is sharing their story ahead of World Stroke Day, as part of a national campaign to spotlight the fragility of the brain and the life-changing impact a stroke can have on people of all ages.
Paul Marwing was 55 when he had a stroke in December 2021. At first, he thought the headache, nausea and overwhelming tiredness he was exp
A stroke survivor from Lampeter in West Wales is sharing their story ahead of World Stroke Day, as part of a national campaign to spotlight the fragility of the brain and the life-changing impact a stroke can have on people of all ages.
Mererid Olivia Rees, known as Mez is raising awareness of stroke as part of the Stroke Association’s ‘Survival Is Not Enough’ campaign.
Mez was living in Dub
Stroke patients in Wales missing out on a miracle treatment. Read more here Mae cleifion strôc yng Nghymru ar eu colled o fethu â chael triniaeth wyrthiol. Darllenwch fwy yma
A world without communication is an everyday reality for the 350,000 stroke survivors in the UK with aphasia (i) like Mark Leather from Cardiff– aphasia is a communication disability that is most commonly caused by stroke. Mae byd heb gyfathrebu yn realiti beunyddiol i’r 350,000 o oroeswyr strôc ag affasia yn y Deyrnas Unedig (i) , fel Mark Leather o Gaerdydd. Anabledd cyfathrebu yw affasia a ac
Almost half of people in Wales don’t know that stroke is the fourth biggest killer in the UK, according to new research by the Stroke Association1. Read more here: Nid yw bron i hanner y boblogaeth yng Nghymru yn gwybod mai strôc yw’r lladdwr mwyaf ond tri yn y Deyrnas Unedig, yn ôl ymchwil newydd gan y Gymdeithas Strôc1. Darllenwch fwy yma
The Stroke Association is funding the world’s largest research study to investigate worrying reports that Covid-19 is causing life-threatening strokes [1-2]. As Covid-19 cases continue to rise across the globe, this critical research may help to prevent Covid-19-related death and disability. The study will build on the work of the British Heart Foundation (BHF) Data Science Centre at Health Data R
The Stroke Association’s new ‘Stroke Recoveries at Risk’ report has revealed that the reduction of some vital stroke aftercare is causing unnecessary and avoidable problems for stroke survivors in Wales.
The Stroke Association has launched a new volunteer-run telephone support service to help stroke survivors who are feeling lonely or isolated.
Here for You provides stroke survivors and their carers with regular telephone support and the charity wants to attract more volunteers to help rebuild lives after stroke.
The coronavirus pandemic has meant that all Stroke Association Groups in Wales
Concerns are mounting that people who have a stroke or TIA/mini-stroke (transient ischemic attack) are not calling 999 amid the coronavirus pandemic. With strokes continuing to strike across Wales at this time, the Stroke Association fears that thousands of people could be at risk of severe disability, or even stroke-related death, if they don’t Act FAST on stroke symptoms.
Almost half (47 %) of working age stroke survivors in Wales are facing financial hardship, according to figures published today.
Tens of thousands of Welsh stroke survivors are dealing with hidden effects, including changes in their mental or emotional health.
A five-year-old girl from Anglesey who had a stroke when she was just a day old has been honoured for her courage by the charity the Stroke Association.
A stroke survivor wants people in Ceredigion to consider supporting the charity that helped him, as he prepares to celebrate his first Christmas since a stroke left him unable to work.
Bydd rhaglen therapi celf newydd ar gyfer goroeswyr strôc yn dychwelyd i Ganolfan cymunedol Tŷ Llewelyn, Llandudno, ar Dachwedd 16.
An art therapy programme for stroke survivors will return to Tŷ Llewelyn Community Centre in Llandudno on 16 November
Get inspired by our great supporter Marie from Bridgend’s Slimtone healthy living classes with 12 slices of her not too naughty lemon drizzle cake.
Mae’r hyfforddwr cŵn Nikki Cantrill yn addo diwrnod o hwyl ac adloniant yn Sioe Gwn Powys K9. Trefnwyd y sioe er côf am ei thad a fu farw o strôc. Bydd y digwyddiad yn cael ei gynnal ar 2 Medi, ar dir y busnes helpodd Tony Cantrill i’w ferch Nikki sefydlu.
Llansanfraid dog trainer, Nikki Cantrill, has organised a dog show in memory of her father who died following a stroke in July. The event will be held on 2nd September on the grounds of the dog training business Tony Cantrill helped his daughter establish.
