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In response to recent #EoL conversations about whether we should focus on nutrition or on comfort when dying people lose their appetites: It's normal to lose interest in food during dying. Here's a thread about it ⬇️

Great day with Dr Sharon Adjei-Nicol on global aphasia. Thanks Flora Wisdom for arranging this opportunity for the CornwallSLT team 🧠🗣️👂✏️ Unfortunately, I couldn't be there in person to get my book signed 😆 #mySLTday

What does best practice look like from the perspective of people with aphasia? Find out here! Emeritus Professor Linda Worrall AM Dr Kirstine Shrubsole @jytteisaksen edwinawang Dr Michelle Attard Dr Marcella Carragher Dr Brooke Ryan Dr. Karianne Berg with support of aphasiacre tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

We’ve published a draft long COVID guidance and handbook Whether you’re an SLT, someone with long COVID, or an interested charity, we’d like to hear your feedback! The deadline to feedback is 12 October 2023 rcslt.org/news/input-int… #SLT #SLPeeps #Covid_19 #LongCovid

📢The next Better Conversations training day (on zoom) for speech and language therapists will be on 21st march 2024. We'd love to see you there! Professor Steven Bloch Philippa Clay claire farrington-douglas Better Conversations Better Conversations Lab Book online here: shorturl.at/FMX23

1/ Formal assessments can feel stressful for people with #aphasia and can be their lasting memory of SLT. Yr 3 students speech and language today tested each other on language subtests and reflected on how it felt.

As good a time as any to share our new #BetterConversationsLab website - there's lots for everyone, #SLT #slt2b researchers... includes pages on our projects Better Conversations Better Conversations with Parkinson's The Art of Conversation with Aphasia, links to training & events, free downloadable resources bit.ly/467PRat

Do you work with children or young people? 🧑‍🏫 Our speech and language experts have created a free course to support teachers in understanding speech, language and communication difficulties. marjon.ac.uk/courses/short-… speech and language @rcslt NHS England Workforce, Training and Education Jane Bunce Carrie Biddle

Another very sad case of a lady who died after being given food that was already identified as unsafe for her to swallow. Entirely avoidable! This is why it is vital that carers/healthcare staff understand the risks of #dysphagia & the importance of IDDSI diet descriptors

Phone whizzes: What's the easiest way to access speech-to-text for WhatsApp on an Android phone? I'm supporting a pt who finds the microphone icon on the keyboard too small.

A big week ahead. This Thursday I will be speaking at an event in Parliament, hosted by MP, Saqib Bhatti and the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. We will be highlighting issues for children who should be able to receive the specific speech therapy they need, and

🚨🚨OUR NEXT APHASIA MASTERCLASS🚨🚨 Are you ready? 😍 THURSDAY 26TH OCTOBER 4:30-5:30pm ROOT & TOMS With Dr. Pam Enderby & Kathryn Moyse Improving quality of services for people with #aphasia and practical implications of ROOT & TOMS We can't wait! Free to BAS members 🥳

🚀🌘Exciting news! A new course from LUNA is launching in January 2024 for SLTs in the UK. Would you like to learn how to analyse spoken discourse beyond words & sentences? Would you like to know how to use discourse analysis to identify meaningful goals/ outcome measures? (1/4)

Being “productive” all the time doesn’t mean you’re doing good quality work Being “busy” and constantly rushing around doesn’t always achieve results Taking it slow but consistent has many benefits It needs more appreciation in the workplace 🐢

Together with RareDementiaSupport & Dyscover - specialist aphasia support, RCSLT 💙 is calling on Department of Health and Social Care & NHS England to urgently reinstate the only national specialist speech & language therapy service for people with primary progressive aphasia in England & Wales: nrtimes.co.uk/calls-for-urge… RCSLTpolicy

Copies of my book have arrived! #WorkingwithAdultswithEatingDrinkingandSwallowingNeeds - thank you, T&F Medicine & Healthcare

We talk a lot about #aphasia awareness, but what does it actually mean to be aphasia aware? Claire Bennington asked this in her first PhD study 🎉 Aphasia at UQ Australian Aphasia Association AphasiaAccess Speakability tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

What does a high quality post #stroke #aphasia service look like? We co-developed 11 quality indicators and 3 implementation priorities based on strong evidence and lived experience. Read it here: dx.doi.org/10.1111/hex.14…

Happy AHP's day!

I am taking part in the Chief Nursing Officer's Research Fellowship, led by South West Clinical School in Cornwall . I'm planning to develop a resource to support people with aphasia to maintain friendships. My project outline is available here: pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/swcsj/vol4/iss…