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How can we best manage a person with #MND's best interest when they can't make an informed decision? What are the risks? If you are an HSCP wanting to learn more, book your place to Caroline Barry webinar on best interest decisions and mental capacity bit.ly/best-interest-…

💙 **Rowing for Jenny – A 3,200-Mile Tribute Across the Atlantic** 💙 In just a few days, Darren Smith will embark on the **journey of a lifetime**—rowing **3,200 miles across the Atlantic** from Lanzarote to Antigua. But this challenge is about so much more than endurance and

A reminder: I am now mainly posting on BlueSky - same name. My latest blog post is here: rehabilitationmatters.com/prolonged-diso… I review how to improve services for people with a prolonged disorder of consciousness

🌊 **Darren – Support His Charity!** 🌊 Since **1st February**, Darren and the team have been battling the Atlantic, rowing 3,200 miles from Lanzarote to Antigua. Every oar stroke Darren is taking is a step closer to making a difference for his chosen charity **Coma and

Don't forget to book on for 'Music Therapy Assessment Tool for Awareness in Disorders of Consciousness (MATADOC) Online Training' training on Tuesday 25 – Wednesday 26 February 2025. Led by Wendy Magee Dr Wendy Magee, Professor Music Therapy Program, Temple University,

Excited to share my 1st PhD article. DOC, decision-making, and risk. Now to explore the theories! thanks to Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability for the support to study this topic with our team, patients/residents & families. Coma Research Stephen Ashford Celia Kitzinger Jenny Kitzinger

JUST PUBLISHED: solid analysis of decision making on behalf of people in a disorder of consciousness. Incredible work led by our PhD student Teresa Clark. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

I have seen 1500 or more people with prolonged disorders of consciousness (PDOC) since 1980; what have I learned?! That we have overlooked intrinsic variability within and between patients. We must improve our understanding of PDOC. rehabilitationmatters.com/pdoc-clinical-…

🧠 Rethinking Decision-Making in Disorders of Consciousness How do we make healthcare decisions for people in a Disorder of Consciousness (DoC)? Decisions aim to reflect their best interests, but how well do we truly achieve this? Teresa Clark’s PhD research (Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN,

Families facing severe brain injury show such amazing courage, love & tenacity. Here’s Darren harnessing those qualities - rowing across the Atlantic! He’s commemorating his wife & raising funds to support our research @cdocuk Cardiff Uni Comms & help other families

See our latest paper. Pain Reduction with Repeated Injections of Botulinum Toxin A in Upper Limb Spasticity: A Longitudinal Analysis from the ULIS-III Study mdpi.com/3206880 #mdpitoxins via @Toxins_Mdpi

📢 Exciting band 8a critical care occupational therapist role at Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Trust Critical Care currently out to advert, closing March 12th guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/current-vacanc… Please retweet and share: Majella Brennan Rose Maria OTStephanie Jess Tynan Claire Rock Penelope Firshman

Come to our Oral intake in Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness! This is an overview from RHN's Speech and Language Therapy team on using oral tastes to assess for awareness in Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness (PDOC), what to do, if, when and how to progress, and the

Module 1: PDOC Assessors Course Advancement of MDT Skills in Observation and Analysis of Behavioural Responses The online course is suitable or neurological clinicians and will analyse the principles in creating an optimum environment, discuss the rationale and methods for

Wow! Congratulations to you all. Fantastic achievement, & great to see the charity funds raised for all your causes! 👏👏👏👏

Come and join our fabulous SLT team! A perfect mix of complex patients to get your teeth stuck into, as well as in-house clinical experts and caring and compassionate colleagues

Evaluation of pain in patients with disorders of consciousness - Applied Neuroimaging frontiersin.org/journals/neuro…

Press release from NICE re the new Guidelines for Rehabilitation for Chronic Neuro Disorders (including ABI). These include guidance for adults, children and young people. nice.org.uk/news/articles/… Consider becoming a Consultee and helping to develop them!