The Rose Centre was established in 2014 through the generosity of Mrs Shirley Rose, who spent many of her final years tending to the disability created by stroke in her husband.
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Rose Centre for Stroke Recovery and Research
27 August 2024
UC's Rose Centre for Stroke Recovery and Research is a state of the art facility at St Georges Medical Centre. It helps people with swallowing and communication disorders recover function or improve sufficiently to gain the best possible quality of life. Learn more about the Rose Centre for Stroke Recovery and Research.
HOW TO APPLY
This new state of the art facility builds on the successes of the current Swallowing Rehabilitation Research Laboratory and will extend this research and clinical expertise to address all aspects of rehabilitation in this population.
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About the Rose Centre
UC's Rose Centre for Stroke Recovery and Research at St Georges Medical Centre was established in 2014 thanks to the generosity of Mrs Shirley Rose. The centre is dedicated to advancing stroke rehabilitation research and improving the lives of survivors. Learn more about the Rose Centre at UC.
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About the Rose Centre
UC's Rose Centre for Stroke Recovery and Research at St Georges Medical Centre was established in 2014 thanks to the generosity of Mrs Shirley Rose. The centre is dedicated to advancing stroke rehabilitation research and improving the lives of survivors. Learn more about the Rose Centre at UC.
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About the Rose Centre
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Rose Centre research
The Rose Centre for Stroke Recovery and Research builds on the success of the UC Swallowing Rehabilitation Research Laboratory and will ultimately extend research and clinical expertise to address all aspects of rehabilitation. Learn more about UC's Rose Centre research.
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Rose Centre research
The Rose Centre for Stroke Recovery and Research builds on the success of the UC Swallowing Rehabilitation Research Laboratory and will ultimately extend research and clinical expertise to address all aspects of rehabilitation. Learn more about UC's Rose Centre research.
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Rose Centre research
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Study with us
Are you interested in swallowing and swallowing disorders? We're keen to talk to you about joining our group of researchers. Find out more and come study with us.
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Study with us
Are you interested in swallowing and swallowing disorders? We're keen to talk to you about joining our group of researchers. Find out more and come study with us.
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Study with us
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Rose Clinics
The clinics at the Rose Centre offer specific, effective, innovative diagnostic and rehabilitative procedures for swallowing disorders (dysphagia). The Rose Clinic, for 16+ year olds, also offers assessment and treatment for acquired communication disorders and voice disorders. The Rosebud Clinic, a speciality paediatric dysphagia clinic, is for under 16 year olds. Our treatment is driven by the latest research and physiological needs of our patients.
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Rose Clinics
The clinics at the Rose Centre offer specific, effective, innovative diagnostic and rehabilitative procedures for swallowing disorders (dysphagia). The Rose Clinic, for 16+ year olds, also offers assessment and treatment for acquired communication disorders and voice disorders. The Rosebud Clinic, a speciality paediatric dysphagia clinic, is for under 16 year olds. Our treatment is driven by the latest research and physiological needs of our patients.
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Rose Clinics
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BiSSkiT software
Biofeedback in Strength and Skill Training (BiSSkiT) is a training protocol and accompanying software programme for rehabilitation and measuring the outcomes of swallowing impairments. It's based and depends on surface electromyography as a hardware platform. Learn more about BiSSkiT software.
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BiSSkiT software
Biofeedback in Strength and Skill Training (BiSSkiT) is a training protocol and accompanying software programme for rehabilitation and measuring the outcomes of swallowing impairments. It's based and depends on surface electromyography as a hardware platform. Learn more about BiSSkiT software.
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BiSSkiT software
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Donate to the Rose Centre
Although a UC clinical research centre, the Rose Centre is almost exclusively funded by community support, donation, and endowments. We need our community (patients, families, and others) to support the work we do. Learn more and donate to the Rose Centre.
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Donate to the Rose Centre
Although a UC clinical research centre, the Rose Centre is almost exclusively funded by community support, donation, and endowments. We need our community (patients, families, and others) to support the work we do. Learn more and donate to the Rose Centre.
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Donate to the Rose Centre
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Contact us
There are lots of ways to contact us at the Rose Centre. Meet our people and see where we are on campus.
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Contact us
There are lots of ways to contact us at the Rose Centre. Meet our people and see where we are on campus.
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Contact us
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Professional development
UC's Rose Centre for Stroke Recovery and Research offers courses and webinars as well as links to resources in related research. Learn more about our professional development options.
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Professional development
UC's Rose Centre for Stroke Recovery and Research offers courses and webinars as well as links to resources in related research. Learn more about our professional development options.
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Professional development
Participate in research
The greatest contributor to excellent research is the community of research participants who offer their time and allow us to study their swallowing. We are always recruiting both healthy adults and patients with swallowing and communication impairments for research.
More information
See our Current projects page for a listing of what we are working on now.
Contact Professor Maggie-Lee Huckabee or the researcher listed for each project.
Stroke by numbers
Stroke is the second most common cause of death worldwide and a common cause of disability in adults in developed countries.
The incidence of stroke in New Zealand is high compared to other developed countries with over 9000 new stroke events each year and over 2500 deaths attributable to this condition.
Each day, approximately 24 New Zealanders will have a stroke. At any point in time, there will be over 60,000 New Zealanders who have survived their initial event but are living with the disabilities arising from stroke.
We encourage our patients to take an active role in the development of rehabilitation strategies for themselves and future patients.
Stroke isn't about numbers, it's about people
Eric was a 33 year old fireman with Urban Search and Rescue when an undiagnosed and asymptomatic blood condition resulted in a series of strokes. Following lengthy acute and post acute hospitalisations, Eric was discharged home, but continued to have significant swallowing, speech and physical motor impairments.
Not all strokes occur in the elderly. Approximately 25% of all first strokes in New Zealand occur in individuals under 65 years of age. Only 50% of these are able to return to full time work by 6 months.
Health systems have developed comprehensive clinical rehabilitation services for individuals in the acute and post acute phases; services are particularly well developed for elderly stroke patients. There are also well developed services for young patients who have suffered disability due to accidental injury. However, funding for and access to rehabilitation services are more restricted for stroke patients under the age of 65 years.
The consequences of stroke are devastating for all ages, but for patients like Eric, disability is a very long term impediment to supporting a family, engaging in a career, and interacting effectively with friends and family. This emphasizes the need for rehabilitation research.
