Coping with Caregiving

Coping with Caregiving is an internet radio show focused on long term care, planning, and aging in general. The fourth segment from the top is an interview about dysphagia.

Keeping Up...

A Blog a Day is difficult, given that after my 9-5 job, I rush off to dance class, Capoeira, rehearsal or some other activity. And sometimes I like to just hang out with my husband too.

This week I started posting a BHSM "Fact of the Day" on the bulletin board that I decorated for BHSM. So far, I am getting great feedback from staff, and the information is sparking conversations about what SLPs actually do.

We returned from a long weekend in St. Augustine, exhausted and with an ailing vehicle, on Sunday. On Monday, I hit the ground running, fueled by caffeine! My May 2 blog post never materialized, so I have a bonus post today.

I know everyone is reading posts and blogs that are asking, "What are you doing to celebrate BSHM?" Well, what are you doing? Once upon a time, when I worked in the school system, we had contests for the kids, made posters, announced communication facts over the PA system, held coloring contests, and so on.

This year, I am putting up a bulletin board on one of the halls in the SNF; I have one or two high-level patients who could assist me as part of therapy. I want to have some sort of a staff contest, but I haven't fleshed the details out yet. I have three more weeks, right? I did buy some appreciation gifts for our department. That just about sums up all of my plans so far, although I am hoping some inspiration strikes and I get something more exciting going.

I just noticed today the sometimes I type "Better Speech and Hearing Month" and sometimes I refer to it as "Better Hearing and Speech Month"; however, it is officially BHSM on the ASHA site.

Another link for those of us working in dysphagia therapy: http://www.dysphagia.com/

Dysphagia on the Web

Most of the information and therapy materials on the web seem to be geared towards peds and school-based practice. I love the Dysphagia Therapy group on Facebook , and the group's creator also has her own blog focusing on dysphagia.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_102453736503465

http://apujo5.blogspot.com/

And since I'm catching up on blogs, here is ASHA's official blog.

http://blog.asha.org/

A Blog a Day in May

In celebration of Better Speech and Hearing Month (BSHM), I am posting about a communication, cognitive or swallowing topic related to adults each day. Cureently, I am out of town visitng relatives, so today's blog post serves to annouce that May is Better Speech and Hearing Month!

http://www.asha.org/bhsm/