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As part of my Speech and Language Therapy degree, I am looking for participants to complete a survey for my honour’s project about the role of speech and language therapy in palliative care which should take no longer than 20 minutes.
Have you heard of the medical term #Dysphagia? It’s when people have difficulties eating, drinking & swallowing food & liquids. Today, help us to mark Swallowing Awareness Day by sharing this post using #SwallowAware2024 & #NHWeek. Find out more: https://t.co/ljqQI8gly6
Aspiration pneumonia can be deadly & elderly patients living in long-term care facilities or those who are patients in hospitals are at an increased risk of developing this condition 🩺🏨🏥
Reducing the risk can be potentially achieved with proper oral health care on a
It's AHP Day! AHP stands for Allied Health Professional, the name given to specialist staff, including physios, occupational therapists, dietitians, and speech & language therapists to name some. We'll be sharing posts from them. Here's to all AHPs and the vital role they play.
The #SLT profession has always been at the heart of the NHS, diversifying the role to meet the demands of an ever-evolving system, and supporting people across multiple clinical areas with swallowing and communication needs. #NHSbirthday#NHS75@RCSLTWales@rcsltscot@RCSLTNI
Following liaison with palliative care teams and bereaved families, a small working group of #SLTs have produced this helpful advice sheet for loved ones and staff caring for people at the end of life.
April is #HeadAndNeckCancer Awareness Month.
SLTs have an essential role in supporting the communication skills of people affected by #HeadAndNeckCancer and helping voice restoration post laryngectomy.
Check out how SLTs can help with these cancers👇
https://t.co/AqhsuYl4Ms
Did you know that speech and language therapists support people of all ages to eat, drink and swallow? How do they do this? Find out more via: https://t.co/pXak5xAA9r @RCSLTWales@RCSLTNI @RCSLTScotland @Nick_Hewer @SteveJamieson12 @KGadhok @NHWeek#SwallowAware2023#nhweek
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The Editor-Elves @SpeechmarkPub have built a tree of recently published & bestselling books. To win 1 of 4 bundles from the tree: like, retweet and comment below with your chosen area (early years, primary, secondary or speech & lang therapy)
Closing date: 15th Dec
🚨PARTICIPATION NEEDED
Please help one of our members with her honours project if you can 😊
Looking for people who are autistic, currently working with or know an individual with autism to fill out a pilot study “employment opportunities for individuals with autism”.
🚨 SLTs in Scotland: If you took part in the delivery of Telehealth to provide therapy to people with Aphasia during the pandemic please take the time to fill in this survey for my Hons project:
https://t.co/AQVYacuaWX
@rcsltscot@RCSLT@NHSHighland@nhsfife@TaysideSLTAdult