The voice study team

We are an interdisciplinary team of clinicians/researchers, working to improve hospital staff communication with people with dementia. Host Dr Rebecca O'Brien

[The voice study team @voice_study]

@ILWindeatt @DrJaKindell @ianjamesncht @deekjones21 @mboard13 @Loubramley @RCSLTResearch @IMH_Blog @TomDening @demrescommunity Excited to share our new paper showing the subtle skills healthcare staff display in practice when interacting with their patients who live with dementia

[The voice study team @voice_study]

“I want to get out … I've got a child at home”: Intersubjectivity, reality disjunctures and distress in the care of people living with dementia in the acute hospital https://t.co/CC8VSJoq0F The first of our VOICE2 study papers is out! @AlisonPilnick @BCAphasia @LEBridgstock

[AHPDementia @AhpDementia]

Did you know there are over 25 evidence based allied health professional information sheets to support your brain health, if living with dementia or supporting a person with dementia. You can download the resources FREE from here at https://t.co/K6vYyLnpCl

[NUH Acute SLT @NUHAcuteSLT]

In Parkinson’s Therapy team, we focussed on how not “all biscuits are made equal” and even though they may all be L7, some may be easier or safer than others (or actually a cake hiding in the 🍪 aisle!) Lots of tasting and thinking about “dunking” in tea! ☕️ 🍪🧁 @ParkinsonsUK

[NUH Acute SLT @NUHAcuteSLT]

We had our #DementiaTeaParty on @WardB47nuh and it was fab! We had patients, carers and staff members, and we also had a thickening drinks teaching session at the start 🤓 big thank you to @jane14407825 as always and #SLTA Esme and student #SLT2be @DMUSLTprogramme Emily 🥳

[NUH Acute SLT @NUHAcuteSLT]

We did some tea trolley training on HASU / ASU with some great engagement through conversation and sampling from nurses, HCAs, Drs and AHPs! @Rowen_SLT @IsobelLeesSLT @NUHTeamStroke

[The voice study team @voice_study]

@MHSOPNottsHC

[RCSLTResearch @RCSLTResearch]

Congratulations to @drjompatterson who has been given a prestigious @NIHRresearch Senior Investigator award! Jo is a great ambassador for SLT research. 🥳👏

[The voice study team @voice_study]

Some of our VOICE2 research summarised in The Conversation @RCSLTResearch @DrJaKindell @volkmer_anna @Loubramley @demrescommunity @RachMcSLT @RoseyMeiring @MHSOPNottsHC @AHPsNottsHC @ResearchNotts

[Alison Pilnick @AlisonPilnick]

Pleased to share this from The Conversation, based on work with my lovely NIHR VOICE 2 colleagues to improve how staff can respond to the distress of people living with dementia who are in hospital. Potential relevance for all carers ⁦@MMU_Research⁩ https://t.co/LhSNT6Z8ku

[The voice study team @voice_study]

@AHPsNottsHC @MHSOPNottsHC @ResearchNotts @dellamoney @avington_suzann @RoseyMeiring @RachMcSLT My team’s latest paper published today in Social Science and Medicine! The joy and satisfaction of sharing your work in the public domain, and hoping for impact, is hard to beat!

[The voice study team @voice_study]

@ILWindeatt @DrJaKindell @ianjamesncht @deekjones21 @mboard13 @Loubramley @RCSLTResearch @IMH_Blog @TomDening @demrescommunity Excited to share our new paper showing the subtle skills healthcare staff display in practice when interacting with their patients who live with dementia

[The voice study team @voice_study]

“I want to get out … I've got a child at home”: Intersubjectivity, reality disjunctures and distress in the care of people living with dementia in the acute hospital https://t.co/CC8VSJoq0F The first of our VOICE2 study papers is out! @AlisonPilnick @BCAphasia @LEBridgstock

[Alison Pilnick @AlisonPilnick]

Please do contact me if you’re interested in this- fully funded, October start, unfortunately terms of funding stipulate UK Home students only

[AHPDementia @AhpDementia]

Offering extra time for communication allows important space & processing time. Try not to overwhelm with multiple questions & lots of words. Less can be more. Be spacious & allow room for what emerges. #WithSLTuCan

[The voice study team @voice_study]

@RosemaryTowns15 @BCAphasia @dyscoveraphasia Checking- Is this on Tues 4th Feb or Wed 5th Feb? Or maybe Tues March 5th?!

[Ethno/CA News @EMCA_News]

New CARM workshop with @lizstokoe for researchers wanting to develop their own training - inc development, design, delivery, and evaluating impact and benefit.,https://t.co/5zFGZUIG2l https://t.co/k9U6doyGf5

[NIHR ARC East Midlands @ARC_EM]

🚀 Looking to kickstart your research career? We’re offering 3 funded internships in #dementia research starting April 2025!

This is a fantastic opportunity to gain hands-on experience and receive mentorship from experts in the field.

Apply by 9 March:
🔗https://t.co/d2PvCb9DKz

[The voice study team @voice_study]

@MHSOPNottsHC

[British Geriatrics Society @GeriSoc]

Sharing this as a helpful resource for our network of healthcare professionals working with older people.

[UoNSociology @UoNSociology]

Congratulations to Lauren Bridgstock @LEBridgstock on the success of her PhD in Sociology "Is ‘elderspeak’ always inappropriate? An empirical investigation of the use of elderspeak in dementia care in the acute hospital context." supervised by @AlisonPilnick and Sarah Goldberg.

[The voice study team @voice_study]

Of course not limited to SLTs! Pass on to your colleagues @ILWindeatt @SLTDeeW @MargaretM_SLT @AhpDementia @AHPsNottsHC @NUHResearchAHPs @LincsAHPs @MHSOPNottsHC @dellamoney @ResearchNotts @AHPs4Notts

[The voice study team @voice_study]

Any #sltpeeps interested in an ESRC funded PhD looking at touch in dementia care? Work with the amazing Prof Alison Pilnick, with me as the VOICE study/NHS collaborator @RCSLTResearch @RachMcSLT @RoseyMeiring @DrJaKindell @NottsHCAdultSLT @NcitycareS @ClinAcSLT @NUHAcuteSLT

[Dementia Researcher @demrescommunity]

Professor Alison Pilnick @AlisonPilnick at Manchester Metropolitan University is seeking a PhD Student to undertake "Too much touch? Enabling a better understanding of the use of touch in dementia care."

https://t.co/WTgshChUz7