My mum explaining what it's like to have #Aphasia. I hope this helps the understanding that having difficulty with language after a stroke isn't any reflection on intelligence or all the amazing possibility in Stroke Recovery 💜 #MoreThanAphasia #Patience #AphasiaAwarenessMonth

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 ⬇️

So excited to have accepted a Band 6 post working in neurorehabilitation with a fabulous team! 🧠 @nhsswft

Today is the day, time to shine a light on laryngeal hypersensitivity + swallowing 💡 What does the literature say? What do clinicians and patients say? What does research need to address next?

What sEMG devices are UK based #slt using? Would be interested in alternatives to Bisskit (from a financial perspective!) and your pros/cons of what you're using! #mysltday #dysphagia #rcslt CENAAD RCSLTTracheCEN FEES & VF SLT Clinical Excellence Network @DysphagiaCEN

🗣️ We need you! Do you work in a community stroke MDT service??? Complete this 10-minute survey on how teams communication- . Freyja Bell’s National Institute for Health and Care Research PCAF funded MRes is focusing on understanding & improving team communication! ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

Can anyone recommend any good groups/CENs/resources for me to join as an SLT working on an acute stroke ward? I want to promote the SLT presence on the stroke ward and don’t know where to start?! Any advice would be much appreciated

‼️Important reading for all SLTs working with #dysphagia‼️ RCSLT 💙 Position paper on the use of thickened fluids! ‘Rather than being used as a blanket approach or go-to treatment thickened fluids are better considered as one of a number of dysphagia management tools’

The best advocates for better #aphasia services are people with aphasia themselves with the support of family, friends and professionals. Pls tell all your aphasia community about this conference in Coventry, UK 14&15 April, 2024. Register here: forms.office.com/pages/response…

Lovely motivational board created by a current inpatient in Ward 26 (Neurological Rehabilitation) unit at JCUH

#Stroke February Cover Figure: The new Precarious Painter was developed to update language assessment on the NIH Stroke Scale for an international audience. #AHAJournals ahajrnls.org/3U8LHfl Melissa Stockbridge Argye Hillis

👀👀 We would love to from sites about biofeedback #mysltday #dysphagia #slt Caitlin O'Keeffe

📣🆓 #aphasia #therapy #resources Attention: Aphasia clinicians The Epworth Aphasia Therapy Manual created by Senior Speech Pathologist Lauren Fletcher provides 600 pages of FREE high quality therapy resources for use in the treatment of aphasia! epworth.org.au/-/media/projec…

The Invest in Speech & Language petition has done 1,000 signatures a day!! Can we keep this going on the 4th day to hit 4,000? Please keep signing & sharing. Happy Friday 🫶 Let's make a difference together ❤️ petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6579… #SLT #SALT #communication #Speech #AAC

We hope to see you tomorrow (13th) in the Kings treatment centre corridor at Kingsmill Hospital for Swallow Awareness Day where we will have fun and informative activities as well as an opportunity to ask questions! 3/3

Happy Friday! I'm looking for members of the public and people with spinal cord injury to join me to discuss how we can improve our care for people who experience speech and swallowing problems. Sign up via QR code below and help make our research relevant.

📣 Calling all 🇬🇧UK #SpeechAndLanguageTherapists passionate about improving rehabilitation for #FacialPalsy after #Stroke? Join our research study at University of Essex. Your insights will enhance #postStrokeFacialPalsy management. Learn more & participate now! shorturl.at/BDE49

Sarah Wallace doing her thing in #Manchester today at the RCSLT 💙 Tracheostomy CEN study day. North West RCSLT Hub RCSLTResearch Niamh Winters DP Medical Systems #FEES #SLT

Today adult #slts @nhsswft George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust took part in a cpd session around thickened fluids. A great opportunity to reflect on practice, discuss the RCSLT 💙 position paper and identify actions to improve our services for patients with dysphagia.

Even if you’re in it for the LONG haul, sometimes it’s good to come up SHORT! If you can’t summarize, you’ll never memorize! Here's a cheat sheet for a truly critical skill in imaging: How to read a head CT! If you're looking at head CTs, this is what you NEED to know! ➡️The