How do you manage your diet? If you have Parkinson’s, you may find that simple changes to your eating and drinking habits help you manage your symptoms more effectively. We explore some of the more common diet issues you may experience 👉🏻 prksn.uk/42xQjgZ

🇨🇦 - English recording FND Together invited Dr. Patrick Freud during FND awareness month 2024 to speak about his experience and rehabilitation approach for patients diagnosed with #FND youtube.com/watch?v=goewCr…

More studies needed! BUT tDCS with language training may be helpful for improving word finding in people with Primary Progressive Aphasia #PPA. Our Cochrane review is out now - upto date review of the literature Pennine Care NHS FT MandyRoheger RareDementiaSupport cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.10…

When the muscles of the face are stiff or take longer to move, it can be hard to smile, raise your eyebrows or otherwise express your feelings using your face, which is an important part of how we communicate. Learn more about facial masking in PD: buff.ly/4c5Jsiq

MASSIVE giveaway incoming! 📚 To celebrate the publication of the great Richard Coles's newest release, we are giving away EIGHT trade paperbacks! Repost and follow us by noon on Wednesday 12th June for a chance to win. Good luck! #MurderAtTheMonastery is out TODAY! 🕵️

aphasiatherapyfinder.com contains evidence summaries, resources, how-to videos and more for 25 evidence-based #aphasia treatments. Registration is free. An essential item in the aphasia clinician's toolkit. Please share far and wide!

Such a joy to meet with our amazing co-production group this week to celebrate all their hard work. Thank you so much to you all (including those unable to join Nameeka Nicola Sirman ) for dedicating time in amongst your other exciting commitments SParky Samba Helen

Professor Lucy Dipper shared international work on the Aphasia Therapy Finder. A wonderful, practical resource for clinicians to find out about different #aphasia therapies, ‘how to’, evidence level & video demonstrations. Find it here: aphasiatherapyfinder.com #BASConf24 British Aphasiology Society

Last but definitely not least- Dr Abi Roper presented about using Alexa voice interaction technology to support aphasia therapy, discussing a recent project using Semantic Feature Analysis #BASConf24 British Aphasiology Society Conference 2024

How to improve conversations if you have hearing loss: Make sure the room you are in is well lit if possible. Also make sure your eyesight has recently been tested as you don’t want to be straining to see. alzscot.org/sites/default/…

'Parkinson's is here with me for the rest of my life.' John Stapleton opens up about being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and how the diagnosis has 'frustratingly' affected his voice.

Problems with word-finding 😶 are a very common challenge for people with temporal lobe #epilepsy… and then even more so if they have a temporal lobe resection 🧠🔪🤦🏻‍♀️! So, star physicist and research fellow Sjoerd Vos 🤩 from UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology 🇬🇧 and The UWA 🇦🇺 chats with us about

‘The use of thickened fluids for swallowing problems has come under scrutiny’ nursingtimes.net/nutrition-and-…

Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) has become the mainstay for treatment of patients who need augmentation of ventilation to treat acute and chronic forms of respiratory failure. Herein, we provide a succinct review of NIV. bit.ly/3AwFC4p

Delighted to see our scoping review investigating dysphagia in #psp in press in Clinical Parkinsonism & Related Disorders 🎉- sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Margaret Walshe Julie Regan Julia Glinzer DrSeanODowd Irish Adult Dysphagia SIG CLDTallaghtUniHospital TUH Neurology

We created the Tech Guide so that people with Parkinson's, and their families and carers, can make the right decisions for themselves about all the devices and apps that claim to be able to help improve their quality of life. Check out the Tech Guide 👉 prksn.uk/3AMjKTp

New FND guidance from the British Psychological Society on the role of neuropsychology/psychology in FND management in children and adults explore.bps.org.uk/content/report…

This wrecks me—every single time.

Chairing the Chronic Cough episode of the ERS My Career Path series was really enjoyable. You can now watch this episode featuring Cough experts Alyn Morice and Eva Millqvist channel.ersnet.org/channel-327-my…

Cognitive impairment is related to Parkinson’s disease because people living with PD experience a decrease in the level of dopamine in their brain, the neurotransmitter that is involved in regulating the body’s movement and maintaining working memory. 🧠 Here are 10 things