Speech & Language Therapy Department, Belfast Health & Social Care Trust. Admin by Ana Marie
Belfast
Joined April 2020
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Congratulations Aileen McGurran and thank you for all your work on this national guidance
So pleased Belfast was able to contribute to this great work @AileenMcgurran @BelfastSlt.
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BelfastSLT retweeted
Quotes from people with #aphasia and their conversation partners. Role of #SLT so important to help people with aphasia communicate #AphasiaAwareJune
‘Aphasia steals the carefully constructed identities of all those affected by it’. Quote from @Barabara Shadden. Understanding aphasia is listening to experts who live with aphasia. #aphasia #AphasiaAwareJune @KathyCann1
BelfastSLT retweeted
Wasn't @KathyCann1's #Aphasia #GVTwitterTakeover yesterday fabulous? Well, here's what Kathy's covering next Monday when she'll be highlighting @aphasiologist1 work on what makes an effective aphasia therapist. #AphasiaAwareJune
Sharing what amazing work SLTs do to help people to speak ,eat and drink. Thank you Helen Dawson. @PaulaCahalan @UnaLedger @AnnPhysio @cathyjor1
Great to see this news coverage featuring speech and language therapist Helen Dawson @NHSCTrust. You read the full article via irishnews.com/lifestyle/2020… @CearaSLT @RCSLTNI
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BelfastSLT retweeted
This is a fabulous opportunity. I’m signed up already!#mentalhealth @LauraKnottSLT @TaraMcDee1 @MarianMcConne13 @_fionaslt @BelfastSLT @SETchildrensSLT @adultsltset @BronaghSLT @Jennyhumps @SLTRuthNI @Dr_PhilAnderson @seanhollandOSS @jennykeaneCAHPO
.@RCSLT is delighted to announce that to help us mark @WMHDay #WorldMentalHealthDay in October @BryanKGreenwich will be giving our first ever online keynote address. Register to hear Karen talk about #mentalhealth & communication & swallowing via this link bit.ly/3f3TAeg
Thank you Catherine Stewart BHSCT SLT for contributing on behalf of NI
RCSLT Members & #slpeeps - We have just published guidance for voice and upper airway disorders in the context of #COVID19 . You can download it via rcslt.org/learning/covid-19/…
BelfastSLT retweeted
Rehab services need to prepare for post pandemic wave of older people in need to address 1) Deficits caused by covid 2) Deconditioning & fraility resulting in self isolation, shielding & social distancing.
🚨NEW @Age_and_Ageing PAPER🚨 'The COVID-19 Rehabilitation Pandemic' This FREE commentary reviews the likely #rehabilitation needs of older people both with and without #COVID19 and discusses strategies to deliver effective rehabilitation at scale doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaa1…
Belfast SLTDepartment so proud of all the knowledge and skills the SLT team has brought to Belfast Nightingale. Thank you
Staff in our speech & language therapy team have been working in the Nightingale Hospital. They explain the role they play in treating patients, including oxygen therapy, ventilation, adjusting how patients eat & drink, and helping patients communicate: youtu.be/01mSmK-1cXI
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BelfastSLT retweeted
During what should've been #DementiaActionWeek this week, here's the @RCSLT's fabulous #RCSLTVideo series on #dementia featuring the experiences of Trevor and Ken and Fay: bit.ly/35PNw5u
#UnitedAgainstDementia
BelfastSLT retweeted
Join us for a free webinar 19 May - High-stakes Decision Making in Tracheostomy: How and Why COVID-19 Has Changed Practice attendee.gotowebinar.com/reg…
BelfastSLT retweeted
Any other ward based #SLTs finding their brains are scrambled by #dysphagia assessments in the context of #PPE, #doffing, finding atichlor, decontaminating visors etc etc? We’ve made a ourselves a guide which can be scaled down and kept in your pocket @RCSLT #covid19slt
BelfastSLT retweeted
Around 80% of hospital patients will have swallowing difficulties in the last 72 hours of life..it was great last year to see so much exposure for @SaTHnhs EoLC and SLT Team's efforts to change the culture of NBM,rolling out tastes for pleasure routinely
sath.nhs.uk/news/sath-gives-…
BelfastSLT retweeted
Hear the brilliant Jane Marshall speak about the opportunities for virtual reality in aphasia rehabilitation, always informative and always entertaining! #aphasia #virtualreality #uxdesign @EVAphasia
From our couch to yours: A timely webinar exploring applications of virtual reality in aphasia rehabilitation with Jane Marshall.
Join us LIVE on May 11 (12-1 EST) or
View the ARCHIVE May 12-26
Register here: bit.ly/3b7XmRb
#webinar #aphasia #rehab #zoom
BelfastSLT retweeted
We did an app! And it's free!
#makewrite was codesigned with and for people with #aphasia to create and share playful texts.
It's fun for everyone. Try it!
Write us a poem for #WorldPoetryDay.
#slpeeps #slt @RCSLT @RCSLTResearch @citcen
Happy #WorldPoetryDay!
Introducing #MakeWrite - our brand new iPad app to easily produce poetry and creative writing.
Download free from the appstore:
itunes.apple.com/us/app/make…
Project supported by @dyscoveraphasia & @TheStrokeAssoc
Funded by @EPSRC
BelfastSLT retweeted
A consolidation of evidence on the association between #sarcopenia and #dysphagia. Mechanisms, diagnoses, rehabilitation @LisaSheridan13 @orla_boil @SineadFeehan @Age_Matters @SPKennelly @LouiseK80973341 @iaslt @trust_indi @irishgerontsoc #aging #nutrition – at Dublin City, Ireland
Sarcopenia and dysphagia: Position paper by four professional organizations
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… by @YoshimuraYosh #nutrition #aging #covidrehab
BelfastSLT retweeted
Nice summary table of #laryngeal manifestations of endotracheal intubation:
- Oedema
- Haematoma
- Laceration 😣
- Dryness
- Paralysis
- Arytenoid dislocation
All indicating potential need for #voice & lx #breathing ax & rehab 🗣
aub.edu.lb/fm/Anesthesiology… – at Newcastle, England
