Lyndal Gray

AYA, Cancer, Leisure Therapy, Person Centred Care. Trainer/researcher: Communicating Actively Responding Empathically (CARE) - Communication Skills Training

[Lyndal Gray @lyndalgee]

@pahospital We need this program at PAH

[Lyndal Gray @lyndalgee]

@usansomdaly @geoffyates @PC_CAG This is so exciting! 💛 wish I lived in Sydney! I’d love to be a part of it

[Lyndal Gray @lyndalgee]

@CEwakefield @johninnerpixel @CanteenAus @UNSW @usansomdaly @CESchilstra @PPattersonPhD @Mc_Fin We did some research in VR last year in the spinal injury unit and had it published earlier this year. I’m super keen to research its impact with our youth cancer cohort

[The Royal Melbourne Hospital @TheRMH]

🎶 "Don't be ashamed to cry, Let me see you through, 'cause I've seen the dark side too." 🎶

Today is #RUOKDay and our Scrub Choir 2.0 launch with 400+ RMH staff singing "I'll stand by you" by The Pretenders, led by Music Therapy's Dr Emma O'Brien OAM. https://t.co/x1e4FptnDc

[Lyndal Gray @lyndalgee]

Just love this from @TheRMH
Let’s look out for our colleagues on #RUOKDay and everyday
@pahospital #musictherapy #leisuretherapy

[The Royal Melbourne Hospital @TheRMH]

🎶 "Don't be ashamed to cry, Let me see you through, 'cause I've seen the dark side too." 🎶

Today is #RUOKDay and our Scrub Choir 2.0 launch with 400+ RMH staff singing "I'll stand by you" by The Pretenders, led by Music Therapy's Dr Emma O'Brien OAM. https://t.co/x1e4FptnDc

[Lyndal Gray @lyndalgee]

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[Lyndal Gray @lyndalgee]

There really are no words for the unsettling, overwhelming & unfamiliar world we are currently in.... I am thinking of you all & know that each of us are finding things difficult for a… https://t.co/8cgglvAw1A

[Ursula Sansom-Daly, PhD @usansomdaly]

Are you aged 13-30 years & have gone through #cancer sometime in the past 10 years? Or do you know someone who has? 🤔

We are looking for a superstar bunch of #AYA cancer sydsurvivors ✨to join our Feb workshop & help decide what research to do next 🤓 Travel costs paid! #AYACSM

[Lyndal Gray @lyndalgee]

@usansomdaly @thekca @CanteenAus @CancerSPHERE @CEwakefield @SCHNkids @CESchilstra @Sydney_Kids Oooh I would have some people!! For sure!

[Ursula Sansom-Daly, PhD @usansomdaly]

Dani Gessler beautifully highlighting key communication considerations for #AYA #cancer patients 👏🏻

“Being thrust into cancer is like going to a foreign country.”
#AYACSM #PsyOnc #WordsMatter

CC: fellow #ProudSupervisors @IlonaJuraskova @pandora_p_ @Dmuscat92 @TriggerShep 💪🏻

[Lyndal Gray @lyndalgee]

Another great example of the benefits of pet therapy. Leisure Therapy has helped bring pet therapy into @pahospital via @DeltaSocietyAus Leisure Therapist Kate Martin from Spinal Injury Unit brings her therapy dog Trev into work each week for patient pet therapy sessions

[PA Hospital Brisbane @pahospital]

Pet therapy was a lifesaver for Sam Bloom who provided companionship but also a reason for visitors to come that didn't make Sam the centre of attention. Penguin the magpie also had an instinct for knowing when Sam was unwell

[Lyndal Gray @lyndalgee]

Proud to work alongside both these women #kindness #empathy

[PA Hospital Brisbane @pahospital]

Previous Token of #Kindness recipient, Letecia Wilson, has passed the baton to colleague, Occupational Therapist, Anna O'Gorman. She exemplifies #personcentredcare going above and beyond for both #patients and her team. #Congratulations Anna!

[Lyndal Gray @lyndalgee]

It is such a privilege to do the work I do with these amazing young people... It warms my heart to see the impact is still felt all these years later #ycs #leisuretherapy @pahospital @MetSthHealth

[Canteen Australia @CanteenAus]

At 22 Jasmine was diagnosed with #bonecancer and whilst going through treatment she needed to decide if she was to freeze her eggs unfertilised with less chance of survival or fertilise her eggs with a donor. Luckily, #YCS was there to help: https://t.co/LwXsYw5PgX

[Dalai Lama @DalaiLama]

Let’s reflect on what gives meaning to our lives, and set our priorities on the basis of that. We need to be positive. We weren't born to cause trouble or to do harm to others. For life to be of value, we must develop basic good human qualities—warmth, kindness, compassion.

[Lyndal Gray @lyndalgee]

@rayychan *young people

[Lyndal Gray @lyndalgee]

@rayychan I think it would be relevant for us in the youth cancer service to hear. Such a strong link with parents of our your people

[Lyndal Gray @lyndalgee]

@MariaCable2 Thankyou!!

[Lyndal Gray @lyndalgee]

Such an honour to be awarded the @MetSthHealth Planetree Token of Kindness. It is such a privilege to do what I do @pahospital and work alongside such amazing clinicians #kindness #compassion #aya #planetree

[PA Hospital Brisbane @pahospital]

Our Token of #Kindness awardee makes a meaningful difference to young people living with cancer. @lyndalgee tailors #leisuretherapy interventions to the values, beliefs, interests, health/psychosocial situations and lifestyle of every patient #Congrats #personcentredcare #Legend

[Lyndal Gray @lyndalgee]

@SloanRanger77 @MetSthHealth @pahospital @CanTeenAus thankyou @SloanRanger77 Look forward to working more in the future!

[Lyndal Gray @lyndalgee]

@drmeigoh @drmeigoh thankyou for your very kind words Dr Mei 🙏 I'm still working .4FTE with long stay surgical patients and look forward to sharing a patient in future years to come. Medicine is a better place now you are in it 😀