It was a privilege to attend the @BcIncrease Interdisciplinary Conference in Rehabilitation Science today. Thank you @VCHhealthcare and @GFStrongRRP for allowing me this opportunity!
A month into my role with @VCHhealthcare and I still have to pinch myself every morning as I walk into my own office! Absolute privilege to work for such an incredible facility. You know you’re in Canada when clients’ PT goals are centred around ‘return to paddleboarding’ 😅🇨🇦
Very pleased to see this advert on the metro in Vancouver raising awareness of dysphagia and speech difficulties in Parkinson’s Disease
@ParkinsonsBC
👏 #SLT#SLP
Feeling grateful to @NM_SLT for sponsoring me to attend today’s international conference on Primary Progressive Aphasia. I’ve gained valuable insight into assessment and intervention for this rare dementia which I look forward to sharing with the team during CPD! 📝
Reflecting on my time at @NorthMidNHS as I sign off my dysphagia competencies - a year full of learning, growth and copious amounts of chocolate! Thanks to my supervisor @CarlzWilliams for all the guidance (and the Prosecco) 🏥 @NM_SLT
📢 Project Alert 📢
We are delighted to announce our new Omi Projector is now here 🤩 Fully funded by the charity, the £8,000 projector enhances the quality of care for elderly patients at the Trust 👏
https://t.co/Nxq5IvE24i
Cannot recommend this highly enough! Eye-opening, thought-provoking and perspective-changing for both clinical practice and personal relationships. Also highly recommend palliative care Dr @drkathrynmannix’s previous work ‘With the End in Mind’ if you haven’t already read it 📖
It’s that time again..! ⏰
Today we kicked off our SLT-led dysphagia training for nursing staff on Topaz ward. Key takeaways:
🔑 Signs of aspiration
🔑 Silent aspiration
🔑 Modified diet/fluids
🔑 Safe swallow strategies
🔑 E+d with acknowledged risk
🔑 Importance of mouth care
Our #SLT team works closely with other healthcare professionals to make sure patients’ swallowing difficulties are picked up and managed on the wards. For example, here’s @Pippa__Moore delivering training to a group of Healthcare Assistants this morning #swallowaware2022@RCSLT