Come work with us😊📝 3 PhDs on multimodal Conversation Analysis with Prof. Lorenza Mondada at the University of Basel from beginning of 2025. Deadline to apply is 01.12.2024. Use the online recruiting tool to apply: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stellen… Please spread the word! #EMCA

We all communicate in unique ways when it comes to family and @laurabraithslt is hoping to understand how to help of families living with dementia. Can you help? The research can be completed from your home, no need to travel. Get in touch/ & share please.

What a job opportunity ☺️😇 come to BHRUT_SLT to lead acute, critical care and head and neck/oncology - tonnes of service development, CPD, peer learning, FEES, VFSS, trache, supervision… the list goes on! Bring your strong leadership and collaboration skills on board 👊🏼

Rushing to finish a meal & overfilling mouthfuls occur in some types of dementia. Offering a smaller portion and then ‘seconds’ may help or try smaller cutlery. Eat together to slow eating rate and keep the table uncluttered. #WithSLTuCan

📣CALLING ALL #SLTs 📣 ❗️Do you think ‘#EasyRead’ information should be easier to read? ❗️Can you tell us what the criteria for ‘Easy Read’ should be? ❗️Do you want to be involved in shaping best practice? Please fill out our surveys: herts.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0I…

Offering extra time for communication allows important space & processing time. Try not to overwhelm with multiple questions & lots of words. Less can be more. Be spacious & allow room for what emerges. #WithSLTuCan

🚀 Looking to kickstart your research career? We’re offering 3 funded internships in #dementia research starting April 2025! This is a fantastic opportunity to gain hands-on experience and receive mentorship from experts in the field. Apply by 9 March: 🔗arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/news/apply-dem…

New CARM workshop with @lizstokoe for researchers wanting to develop their own training - inc development, design, delivery, and evaluating impact and benefit.,eshop.lse.ac.uk/product-catalo… dlvr.it/THQXgQ

Congratulations to Lauren Bridgstock Lauren Bridgstock on the success of her PhD in Sociology "Is ‘elderspeak’ always inappropriate? An empirical investigation of the use of elderspeak in dementia care in the acute hospital context." supervised by Alison Pilnick and Sarah Goldberg.

Please do contact me if you’re interested in this- fully funded, October start, unfortunately terms of funding stipulate UK Home students only

Join this short course for health and social care practitioners, policymakers and researchers interested in learning more about implementation science. #ImpSci arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/imp-sci-module

“I want to get out … I've got a child at home”: Intersubjectivity, reality disjunctures and distress in the care of people living with dementia in the acute hospital sciencedirect.com/science/articl… The first of our VOICE2 study papers is out! Alison Pilnick Better Conversations Lab Lauren Bridgstock

Some of our VOICE2 research summarised in The Conversation RCSLTResearch Jackie Kindell Dr Anna Volkmer Dr Louise Bramley RN (she/her) Dementia Researcher Rachel McMurray 💙 Rosey Meiring MHSOPNottsHC NottshcAHPs Research at NottsHC

Did you know there are over 25 evidence based allied health professional information sheets to support your brain health, if living with dementia or supporting a person with dementia. You can download the resources FREE from here at alzscot.org/ahpdementia

We had our #DementiaTeaParty on Ward B47 and it was fab! We had patients, carers and staff members, and we also had a thickening drinks teaching session at the start 🤓 big thank you to jane as always and #SLTA Esme and student #SLT2be DMUSLTProgramme Emily 🥳

We did some tea trolley training on HASU / ASU with some great engagement through conversation and sampling from nurses, HCAs, Drs and AHPs! Rowen Isobel Lees Team Stroke

In Parkinson’s Therapy team, we focussed on how not “all biscuits are made equal” and even though they may all be L7, some may be easier or safer than others (or actually a cake hiding in the 🍪 aisle!) Lots of tasting and thinking about “dunking” in tea! ☕️ 🍪🧁 Parkinson's UK

Congratulations to dr jo patterson who has been given a prestigious National Institute for Health and Care Research Senior Investigator award! Jo is a great ambassador for SLT research. 🥳👏