ClaireClarkSLT
@claireclarkslt.bsky.social
Speech and Language Therapist #SLT in Aberdeen. Interests include dementia, frailty, dysphagia, care homes, person centered care. Also a Mum, yoga and wild swimming enthusiast
6 dangerous dementia myths you need to unlearn, according to a neuroscientist www.sciencefocus.com/science/deme...
6 dangerous dementia myths you need to unlearn, according to a neuroscientist | BBC Science Focus Magazine
There is now better protection for brain health across the globe, so why do we understand less about dementia than ever?
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Claire Clark is a Speech and Language Therapist. She works in a small, single-discipline team which supports older people with living with advanced frailty at home and in care settings. Read about her work in Aberdeen: buff.ly/ST1IJ5x #ChooseGeriatrics
June is designated #PrideMonth in countries around the world, marking the anniversary of the Stonewall riots in June 1969. Pride celebrates the progress we have made over the last 57 years but it also reminds us that the struggle is not over. Far from it.
We recently published a new series of key messages on dementia and brain health, which you can read here: buff.ly/tuVZzOJ All of our key messages have been developed to provide topline information about specific issues relating to older people's healthcare.
We have updated our End of Life Care Key Messages. Click the link to read the full article. BGS key messages have been developed to provide members and multidisciplinary colleagues with topline information about specific issues relating to older people's healthcare. buff.ly/1gVbtbh
Delighted to see this call to action in the BGS magazine. As Speech and Language Therapists we assessing people's mouths every day and constantly advocate for better mouth care at home, in care and in hospital. Great to see this vital and often neglected part of health care getting more coverage
Exciting!! #Dysphagia
University of Bradford to lead £2.4m national trial to rethink swallowing care - 2026 - News - University of Bradford
The University of Bradford has been awarded £2.4 million from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to lead a landmark clinical trial that could reshape care for people with swall...
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Today of all days I did a random weekend shift at the big hospital. Due to severe snow I was picked up by a fantastic volunteer 4x4 service and got home via an expert Bus driver and a train that changed its mind and unusually stopped at my town as all the other trains were cancelled.
Introduction to Palliative Care—an open-to-all clinical training course for clinicians from all specialties and professions. 📖 Learn what palliative care is, how it’s delivered, and its impact on quality of life. https://ow.ly/8svy50VEb8t #hpm #hapc
📜 Today we are launching the Transparent Pledge. Please read and sign it here: 👉 tinyurl.com/TransparentAction Transparent Action is a group of parents who want to take action in support of their trans, non-binary and gender diverse loved ones and the wider trans+ community.
Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?
So looking forward to my favourite pre-Christmas Chaos activity. It's been a busy, draining and at times challenging year and this is the prefect way to process and move on
the entire debate cis people have about trans people is moronic to start but it’s also a debate most trans people don’t care about, being that if we are viewed as “real women or men” or not. no one gives a fuck. it changes nothing about the reality that transitioning rocks
Today is a day we mourn our dead. And we fight like hell for the living. 🕯️
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. Amid anti-trans politics, today is a day of reflection. A day to mourn those we have all lost. Each name is a reminder to love and fight for each other, and especially for those most marginalised. With solidarity, we will build a better world for us all.
Still buzzing from the excitement of seeing @profaliceroberts.bsky.social in Aberdeen last night. Enthralling from beginning to end. Massive fangirling from me as I have followed her since Time Team days!
Foggy mornings but beautiful autumn colour in Aberdeen
Really enjoyed our Acute Care at Home SLT CEN meeting today. We had presentations on, and discussed, Ultra Rapid response services and using Patient reported outcomes data. Am buzzing with ideas 💡 for our service
@angelapointon.bsky.social, Elaine Hunter and I had the opportunity to talk #dementia, #brainhealth and the role of AHPs to physio students at #RGU today. Lots of engagement and hopefully good feedback.
How wonderful to have a joint meeting with the Welsh AHP dementia forum today. Great discussions about the newly published ADI report about rehabilitation in dementia and it's implications for AHPs
Would really appreciate your thoughts on supervision for SLTs gaining competence in the management of dysphagia post qualification in the UK. If you would be happy to share your thoughts please snap the QR below or use this link forms.office.com/e/ndzqgBFF4u
Absolutely fantastic day at the #RCSLT Scottish hub day. A wee contribution by myself and @sltros.bsky.social with a lightening talk on how we have used data in developing SLT frailty services but really enjoyed brilliant and challenging talks on AI and leadership
A lovely day in Gairloch, I am not a mountain climber and barely tolerate hills, this seemed to be doable but required some actual climbing which was terrifying! But amazing views all the way to Skye
I see a lot of this in people referred due to swallowing difficulties where no one has explained to the family or the person that this is part of increasing frailty and a trajectory that is predictable.
shibs@drshibley.bsky.social · 11mo ago"Once you’re progressively dwindling you’re likely to become more dependent, be admitted and readmitted more frequently, lose function or weight in hospital, and die, even when care is sensitive and skilled." @mancunianmedic.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/358/...
