Dr Heidi Janssen - Environmental Enrichment

Heidi is the queen of the concept of environmental enrichment to maximise recovery potential post stroke and other neurological conditions. She shares all about her work in this episode, including her latest venture partnering with end users to develop a community model for environmental enrichment (ESTEEM). We also chat about the Yarning Up After Stroke program she co-leads, designed to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stroke survivors take control of their stroke recovery.4.06 Intro4.39 Current roles & Career pathway6.45 Perspective as a clinician in health system and researcher8.15 Engaging with the community to ascertain research priorities11.00 Environmental enrichment (EE) community model15.34 Good intervention development - Basic science to clinical research to clinical practice18.23 Competing demands in research19.34 Components of ESTEEM community groupWhat carers want out of EE groupsHow to measure these components26.25 Rehabilitation in a utopian world28.20 Overcoming barriers in EE research32.50 Virtual vs Reality in EE36.48 Crucial elements of EE38.21 How to apply EE in the clinic42.25 Being a change agent of EE44.15 Yarning Up After Stroke