Lynette Mackenzie

Associate Professor of OT, researching participation for older people and meeting the participation needs of cancer survivors.

[Scottish Government @scotgov]

Thread: Upcoming changes to testing and isolation.

From Sunday 1 May, most people will no longer be asked to take a PCR test if they have #coronavirus symptoms.

Instead, you should stay at home if you feel unwell.

[Margaret McGrath @OT_Ireland]

#OTUSyd21 @mac_lynette #Australian delegate @WFOT, worked with @KaelinVera 🇺🇸, @InaRoosen 🇩🇪Patrick Hynes 🇮🇪@AOTInews and @AnnikaLexen🇸🇪 to capture the diversity of #occupationaltherapy research globally. Learn more about what they found 👉https://t.co/VN5ycbTgNQ @syd_health

[Margaret McGrath @OT_Ireland]

The Occupational Therapy team @syd_health is hosting our annual research symposium. Check out our program, https://t.co/VN5ycbTgNQ , share with your colleagues and sign up to attend this FREE event #OTUSyd21 #occupationaltherapy #research

[Lynette Mackenzie @mac_lynette]

Does anyone live in the Ryde local government area in Sydney? or knows people that do? If yes, please go to: https://t.co/TceaRu8PE5 and vote for my project on translating the HOME FAST into five languages for older people from CALD communities!

[Lynette Mackenzie @mac_lynette]

Paper published on the scoring of the Home Falls and Accidents Screening Tool:
https://t.co/0XlLMMFciJ

[Lynette Mackenzie @mac_lynette]

Check out a pilot paper undertaken in the UK about GPs interventions for falls prevention: https://t.co/xqvN4yTbNr

[Lynette Mackenzie @mac_lynette]

DO YOU VISIT PEOPLE AT THEIR HOME AS PART OF YOUR EVERYDAY WORK IN HEALTH OR WELFARE SERVICES?
If so, please take this survey and read the study information here: https://t.co/E2q8YHaGLi

Please retweet or pass on to someone for whom this would be relevant!

[Lynette Mackenzie @mac_lynette]

What is the lived experience of people with severe breathing difficulties? This is a common problem in the community. Research published in BJOT at https://t.co/uwTr0yCWts

[Lynette Mackenzie @mac_lynette]

Anne and my paper from her RCOT grant!

[British Journal of Occupational Therapy @BJOTeditor]

Editor choice article for BJOT Feb edition - McIntyre et al 'Engagement of general practitioners in falls prevention and referral to occupational therapists' Free to read for 3 months at https://t.co/kyrZNXoSu4

[Lynette Mackenzie @mac_lynette]

What do people with lived experience of mental illness expect to see in health professional curricula? New article published in AOTJ provides challenges to Universities https://t.co/sxDTQapZYM
#mentalhealth #MentalHealthMatters #MentalHealthAwareness

[Lynette Mackenzie @mac_lynette]

Can older people in Australia and Ireland use technology to help prevent falls? We need to address the digital gap for older people. See article published in Ageing and Society https://t.co/Z3K0rMmkNA
#fallsprevention

[Lynette Mackenzie @mac_lynette]

Hear from GPs, OTs & PTs about falls prevention in primary care in the West of Ireland. Paper published this month in BJOT https://t.co/H4347M0rYg
#fallsprevention

[Lynette Mackenzie @mac_lynette]

What do we know about housework performance? Who does it? Time spent on housework? How OTs assess it? Scoping review published in BJOT https://t.co/wcF6ari7oa
#occupationaltherapy #housework

[Lynette Mackenzie @mac_lynette]

Paper in early view of AOTJ showing that a score of 9 or more on the HomeFAST is associated with falling. https://t.co/Xk4xPBmELP

[Lynette Mackenzie @mac_lynette]

Deadline for abstracts for the OT Australia conference in Sydney in 2019 has been extended
https://t.co/c8cjDtz9e0

[OTA @otaust]

*Call For Papers Extended*
Don't miss your final opportunity to submit an abstract for OTA's 28th National Conference and Exhibition 2019. Call for Papers will now close on 16 September 2018. For more information on #otaus2019 visit: https://t.co/yg2l3zYkBJ

[Lynette Mackenzie @mac_lynette]

New article published today: Making fall prevention routine in primary care practice: perspectives of allied health professionals
https://t.co/84QwT6DAeu

[Lynette Mackenzie @mac_lynette]

Paper published in AOTJ on the OT role in caring for cancer survivors: see https://t.co/V0fXsYjEMy

[Brunel OT Society @BOTS_BrunelOT]

Elf on the Shelf exposes 'horrendous situations' facing wheelchair users every day https://t.co/OUVtFgdJkS

[Lynette Mackenzie @mac_lynette]

@Em_Warby @OTBeth131 @gra_carley What fun!

[Lynette Mackenzie @mac_lynette]

Paper just published in AOTJ about the role of occupational therapy in cancer survivorship. See: https://t.co/WZvKSbrn5a