RG, ND SLT (Aotearoa)

Yes, me too: M&S had a plain cheese sandwich and a plain chicken sandwich when I was younger, no salad or mayo etc in either. They were the only sandwiches I would eat when out as a child so I'm very grateful they existed.

Sobering day as another set of friends announce the end of their relationship (5th this year), colleagues at work reveal the depth of their emotional exhaustion and burnout, and any conversations with positivity about next year comes with a side of hesitation and uncertainty.

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That makes the space around the marae and the fale much more pleasant.

Tennis was cancelled tonight; I asked my 8yo what he wanted to do instead and he replied 'go for a run'. I haven't run regularly for quite a while, but 3km we did (part run part walk but hey, it's a start).

We've just had thunder and lightning so loud that the house shook and the children screamed. Now trying to calm everyone down to sleep...

Absolutely. Nursing, social work, occupational therapy, speech language therapy and so many more within allied health. I imagine qualitative medical research too.

The more I think about this the more distressing it is... The extent of the impact is unfathomable.

Just horrendous from every possible angle

I can't bring myself to'like' this or add a heart to something so awful. First we lose Te Aka Whai Ora, then the Hauora Māori team at TWO gets demolished, and now this. I'm so concerned about where health and social wellbeing outcomes are going to go.

Awesome!

Yes, they're cutting all the teams we need to do the work recommended in the report :-( and we have so many more health cuts still not released yet. It's deeply distressing..

I have an 8yo George fan who's getting his first electric guitar this Christmas :-)

Great article, thanks. Our team are looking at stroke services for under 65s next year so I will forward this to those involved in service planning

Looking for storage ideas for #ADHD particularly kids' craft supplies; 10yo doesn't like clear plastic boxes but stacking wooden boxes result in items getting lost as they are out of sight. She only has a small room with a bed, small bookshelf (overflowing) and chest of draws for clothes.

Last Aphasia SIG meeting for 2024, and it was a real pleasure to hear from the team at the Aphasia Tech Hub at the Queensland Aphasia Research Centre. So many great apps available and so much useful information for clinicians to share with the people we work with.

Today was a reminder of the risks of home health; one of the team was attacked by a dog despite following every safety rule we have. The emergency dept had a 6hr wait so one of the district nurses irrigated&dressed her wounds while we supplied tea and snacks. She's ok, just rather shocked.

Thanks Linda. I've printed off about a dozen articles about CoPs from SLP, AH and wider medical circles, plus two of Christine Gauvreau's publications. lots to read! Always interesting to see if there are nuggets of wisdom from anecdotes :-)

We've done a collection for them at one of the kids' activities so we'll drop a big bag of gifts off at one of their collection points this week.

#Speechies #SLTs #SLP

It does sound like a fantastic opportunity!

We were talking about this last week as a group of NZ Speechies - it's increasingly difficult to access paywalled research and also to be published ourselves as clinicians with no university affiliation. Will circulate this survey to the SIG :-)

Looking for advice from my community #slp #speechie #stroke #alliedhealth #medsky on how to create a sustainable clinical community of practice. I know many of you have been very successful - what advice do you have going in? What do I need to know? What online platform(s) do you use?

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What a fabulous collection of people, and to have produced such world-changing research. Congratulations to the AphasiaCRE and thank you for your contribution to aphasia research and care.

Wishing you and your whānau every possible happiness in your whare; may it be filled with love and laughter, joyful days and restful restorative nights

This afternoon is goal setting, Linda Worrell's 7 habits of highly effective aphasia therapists, and problem solving the complexities of aphasia therapy within systems that don't allow the intensity, flexibility or duration that we'd like.

Aphasia in Aotearoa day 2 is half way through - neuroplasticity, salience, cultural safety, bilingual aphasia rehab and Aphasia Therapy Finder all explored.

Kia ora Merryn, the more I read about Te Ārai's research the more interested I become in the breadth of hapc and what you are all involved in. I'd love to connect IRL if that's ever a possibility. We have a number of colleagues in common too.