With patients with dysphagia, we work closely with our Dietetic colleagues when re-introducing oral intake following a period of being NBM. Two of our SLTs observed a PEG removal last week by a nutrition nurse - this was done at the bedside! #MDTworking #AdultRehabilitationBCHC

Thank you for coming along with me on my day!👋😊

Before I head off home, I have my weekly supervision session with my Practice Educator. Here we discuss my health and wellbeing🌿, discuss anything I am having difficulty with and also discuss our achievements 🏆🎉 e.g. I officially submitted my last assignment📄🖊️!!

To finish off we have the SLT "case reviews" meeting. We discuss our caseloads, review long and short term goals, discuss current Dysphagia recommendations and Communication diagnoses and share any ideas on management of patients. 📈🤓

Then time for my own lunch, catching up with my peer Naz, and getting started on session planning for the next day. Tasks I've prepped:
Reading and comprehension 📖
Sequencing tasks 🔢➡️
Writing tasks✍️
#MySLTDay

Lunchtime was busy! I did a mealtime observation with a dysphagic patient - picking out a Level 5 Minced and Moist meal to assess them with and practiced using thickener to make a Level 2 Mildly Thick Orange Squash. Lots of IDDSI learning 🍲🥛🍽️

Now time for some admin...writing case notes and completing sections in a discharge report for one of the patients on my caseload ✍️📝

Our SLTA is setting up for communication group. I am joining to observe one of my clients to see their communication skills in a group setting 👥. Today’s activity is Guess the Occupation 💼

Come with me to our first patient in the sunny therapy garden 🌳- we have a few tasks lined up:🎯
Orientation Tasks 🧠
Using family pictures to assess yes/no ✔️🚫reliability and cognition
Match spoken word to object 👄
Match written word to object 📖

First up is the 8:30am morning huddle with the PT🧘‍💪, OT🧩🖐️and SLT🗣️👂 teams. We discuss the patients and how they were overnight. This helps me to prioritise patients accordingly. We also announce any groups we are running. Today we have communication group!