🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

Virtual visiting, can offer comfort and relief to families if best practices are followed such as inclusivity, accessibility, and flexibility as well as good preparation of the family and patient. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

What support is available for family members of ICU survivors? Please tell us about any good resources you are aware of: [email protected]

Peer support for families of patients who have been discharged home after ICU. Please contact us: [email protected] if you are a family caregiver keen to support others #ICU #familysupport #carersupport #ICUsurvivor ICUsteps criticalcarerecovery

Presenting the digital ICU recovery pathway Life Lines at Intensive Care Society 💙 #SOA2022 🙌 Highlighting the role #OT can play in ICU recovery Critical Care Occupational Therapist! Thank you to the team ProfLouiseR Chloe Ella Terblanche MBE and everyone who attended Royal College of Occupational Therapists Guy’s & St Thomas’ Charity Guy's and St Thomas'

We have created a 6-week online programme of peer support for friends and family members of #ICUsurvivors. We are looking for people to use their experience to help other families by becoming a Peer Support Volunteer. For full details, email the team at [email protected]

We are looking for people who care for a relative or friend (a ‘family caregiver’) to work with us to design new technology to improve how we measure stress. If you are a family caregiver and are willing to share your opinions with us, please contact: [email protected]

Have you used virtual visiting or other digital technology to support families in the ICU? What do you think are the benefits and challenges of using digital support for families? Please share your experiences using a 5 minute survey. baccn.org/mediacentre/ne…

We are still seeking people who care for their relatives or friends to share their experiences of stress with us, and share ideas how we can best measure stress. If you can help, please contact: [email protected] #carersuk #carer #carerstrust #icusteps #ICU #caregiving #stress

Have you used virtual visiting or other digital technology to support families in the ICU? What do you think are the benefits and challenges of using digital support for families? Please share your experiences using a 3 minute survey surveymonkey.co.uk/r/2DKXPCB

Family caregivers - what effect does caregiving having on YOUR wellbeing? What is your experience of stress? We are interested in hearing your experiences. Please get in touch at [email protected].

Fantastic presentation from @Laura81Al on actionable processes of care for long stay ICU patients #SOA23

Our latest work… An environmental scan of online resources to support #ICU #families. A repository of key resources is online: gstt.criticalcarerecovery.com/x23/families_p… We highlight areas where there is a need for resource development: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38101106/ ProfLouiseR Emily Flowers @Laura81Al

What a treasure: An environmental scan of online resources for informal family caregivers of ICU survivors Authors collected 301 online ressources in different categories. Links are in the supplement pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38101106/ Congratulations Life Lines

The amazing and talented duo, patient Ebenezer with our research nurse Daniel Hadfield continuing music therapy to support ICU recovery. Truly inspirational & utterly brilliant! King's College NHS iMobile Critical Care Outreach Team King's College Hospital Charity kingschaplaincy King's College Hospital Research (Shared with permission)

Calling all former ICU patients!! Join our research project exploring the experience of returning to work, volunteering or studying after intensive care. For full details direct message or email [email protected] #ICU #criticalcare

👏 King’s Nurse Researcher and Critical Care Consultant receive £2 million Health Technology Assessment funding from National Institute for Health and Care Research! 🫁 The clinical trial will assess NAVA, a new ventilation technology, to help critical care patients breathe better. ➡️ bit.ly/48wkC9e

We very much welcome expressions of interest for the role of Vice Chair of ICUsteps

Do you care for a family member with health needs? We are looking for family caregivers willing to trial a system of daily smartphone based surveys to measure stress/mood (EMA- see thread) for 4 weeks and tell us what you think of it.  For more info, email: [email protected]

We are looking for ICU families, past and present, to give opinions on a digital peer support programme supporting ICU families. It involves joining an online or in-person workshop for 3 hours. If you are interested or would like more information please DM me #icu #icufamily

An opportunity for ICU survivors to take part in this interesting study: