IDDSI April e-bite
Mark Ryan • May 28, 2020
https://swallowingdisorderfoundation.com/the-gaffigans-raise-awareness-of-swallowing-disorders/
As mentioned in the IDDSI April e-bite, staying at home has allowed them to work on updating and “refreshing” a number of their resources for you to use for your IDDSI implementation. A number of these updates were made to clarify their recommendations regarding the framework and testing methods; these were made in response to questions from the global community. IDDSI appreciates these questions to help determine where some clarification may be needed.
We are happy to report that the updated the IDDSI flow test card, testing reference card and large all "at a glance" posters have been uploaded in the Resources section of our website:
Some IDDSI testing videos have been updated and they can be found on the IDDSI Testing Methods playlist
The IDDSI Australian Steering Committee has released the Australian Project Officer report, which documents the way Australia went about the IDDSI implementation journey, together with some metrics.
https://ftp.iddsi.org/Documents/Australian_IDDSI_Project_Officer_Final_Report_12Sept2019.pdf
As the festive season approaches, regardless of our background and culture, many of us take the opportunity to catch up with family and friends.
There are limitless benefits to the rapidly increasing use of technology across all ages. Research into high usage suggests social isolation can be an unwanted ‘side effect’.
I read an interesting article a short while ago by Nick Burnett MD Team Teach Australia & New Zealand about minimising restrictive practices and reducing risk for all in aged care, but of course this can be implemented more widely.
