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1 week to go! More participamts greatly appreciated 🙏 Are you a UK #SLT working in #dementia? Interested in #telehealth? Join a focus group to shape practice in this area! Groups run next Thu 21/11 2-4, Mon 25/11 2-4 & Friday 29/11 0930-1130 ⬇️

Great start to the week - PhD supervision with @laurabraithslt recruiting people living with #dementia & familiy members to create a communication toolkit (changes in conversations, using words and sentences, reading or spelling). Interested? [email protected] RT please

UCL speech & language therapy is recruiting! Join our lovely team training wonderful #slt2b - 2 jobs, 1st a 12 month p/t maternity cover for an #SLT with experience in developmental speech, language & communication disorders, secondment considered, apply by 2 December ⬇️ ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…

Realist interviews with people with dementia - Written by attendees of the Realist Approaches in Dementia Evaluations and Reviews (RAID-ER) symposium at the University of Plymouth (November 2024) raid-er.com/blogs/

Now also @ahockley.bsky.social

Thought-provoking day at #UKDC2024 - the importance of active listening, therapeutic value of play, and debate around 'lie telling' and redirection in dementia are take home messages for me.

Some preliminary findings from my #PhD research on communication intervention in #dementia presented in my poster at #UKDC2024 . Analysis is ongoing with one more focus group to come!

Are you an adult community #SLT in the UK? Want to give your views on the SLT role in #communication in #dementia? We're looking for a couple more participants to join a final online focus group on Monday 2nd Dec at 11am. Email me: [email protected] for more info.

@laurabraithslt has been a key AHP in developing services for people living with Dementia and their families in Wales. Communication is such a vital area that can improve living with Dementia. This will be fantastic. Get involved 🙌

Interested in a #dementia care phd? Come to our webinar on Thursday at 12pm to learn about new opportunities from our Alzheimer's Society Doctoral Training Centre for Integrated Care - 5 PhDs available from next Sept/Oct. dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/event/phd-oppo… Claudia

🚨Webinar announcement! 🚨 📢DRNI are thrilled to join with Suzanna Dooley and Lisa Sheridan to discuss all things #dementia research and speech and language! 🗓️Tuesday, 14 January 2025 ⏰11.00 For info and to register, please go to: forms.office.com/e/t5TPj3Ggja

Seeking people interested in supporting #communication in #dementia to join my PhD project steering committee. Online meetings 2-3x a year. UK-based #SLT, #OT, memory clinicians, #GP, third-sector staff and ppl with lived experience of dementia sought. Email [email protected]

Pleased to see our paper published: Exploring the everyday care practices of healthcare support workers when working with people with dementia admitted to NHS hospital wards in the UK: a qualitative systematic review tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Are you a #SLT in the UK working w people w #aphasia & family members/ others delivering communication partner training? Want to participate in an online discussion session in February/March 2025 about what comm strategies you address in rehab? Email [email protected] for dets!

Stroke #SLT across the care pathway, tell us what communication & swallowing topics u want on UK Stroke Forum program 2025 - 5 min survey for RCSLT 💙 members, by 10 April. Please share! 🙏 Claire Moser Dr Jacqui Benfield claire farrington-douglas Richard Talbot (rtslt.bsky.social) British Aphasiology Society UKSRG rcslt.org/members/get-in…

A great morning with the Bristol Dementia Voice group who helped test workshop materials for my PhD co-design workshops, using personas and live illustration. Feedback: discussion 'much better' with live illustration & it's hard to identify needs of ppl living alone w dementia

We are doing a survey to understand why other professionals do/don't refer people with Primary Progressive Aphasia for speech-language support We want Drs, nurses, psychologists, social workers, OTs, PTs & any other profession. Survey link: qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_8w…

Hot off the press from Dr Sarah Griffiths a crucial review about communication strategies in dementia care Age_and_Ageing academic.oup.com/ageing/article…

This week is #DementiaActionWeek! SLTs support people with dementia to communicate, stay connected, and eat & drink safely. Check RCSLT 💙 resources: 🔹 Clinical info: rcslt.org/speech-and-lan… 🔹 Factsheet: rcslt.org/wp-content/upl…

Just published! Our "labour of love" CoDAQ study we've worked on since 2019! How does #communication difficulty affect quality of life in #dementia and what support is available? Read it here: shorturl.at/0Xv71 Cathy Henshall Debbie Moll UCL Language & Cognition Oxford Health NHS FT