Rebecca Sullivan
@BeckSullivanSLP
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married to a giant, huge Raiders fanatic, speech pathologist, hopeful SLP researcher, Wiradjuri descendant, humble recipient of Jumbunna Post Grad Scholarship
Joined December 2009
RT @DrAmyFS: Thrilled to be awarded an IG! Advancing work to co-design person centred interventions to optimise #communication outcomes for….
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I’m at the #NAHC2023 today, come and chat about poster 111 #Falls #CommunicationDisability #MyDeadlyPhD @national_allied
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RT @jecherry_SP: Are you a grade 1 #speechpathologist looking for an adult #inpatients role, with opportunities to rotate through #acute an….
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RT @jecherry_SP: Are you a #speechpathologist looking for an adult #inpatients #acute role? Are you a grade 1 ready to move to a grade 2 ro….
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RT @jecherry_SP: Calling all #Community #slpeeps with a passion for #stroke #rehab! @easternhealthau have the role for you in our #ESD prog….
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TLDR:#CommunicationDisability is not often captured as a #risk factor for a fall on Ax tools. Limited guidance for staff to adapt #FallsPreventionEducation for patients with #CommunicationDisability Limited identified role for speech path in falls prevention or management #SLP.
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NEW: Research on #Hospital #Falls #Policies in relation to patients with #CommunicationDisability #MyDeadlyPhD.@BronwynHemsley @iwskinner @EH_Research.
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RT @aphasiologist1: Patients with #aphasia are a falls risk in hospital. Aphasia-friendly fall prevention and management should be routine.
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TLDR: Difficulties following instructions, communicating basic needs & gaining staff attention were contributing factors to falls. Patients fell when taking a risk or trying to meet a basic need. Communication disability complicated assessment for injury post fall.
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NEW: Research on falls in patients with communication disability after stroke in hospital. #falls #communicationdisability #aphasia #MyDeadlyPhD.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Background People with communication disability following stroke are at risk of falls during inpatient rehabilitation. However, they are often excluded from hospital falls research, and little is...
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And this is how that skate park outing ended…. Fractured arm and cracked collarbone!
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As predicted by @BronwynHemsley at the beginning of this journey, the #thesis writing is occurring at the skate park right now #MyDeadlyPhD
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TLDR: most common type of fall was an unwitnessed fall/roll from bed. Patient factors contributed to 50% of all falls. A third of falls a contributing factor couldn’t be identified due to patients communication disability & fall being unwitnessed. Limited insights to outcomes.
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NEW: the first results paper from my PhD examining the circumstances and outcomes of falls in patients with communication disability following stroke during inpatient rehab. #Aphasia #Falls #MyDeadlyPhD #Stroke .
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Arrived in sunny Adelaide for the #Safety2022 conference. First up: Falls prevention workshop.
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RT @DrAmyFS: Last 24 hours to participate👇.People and family with lived experience.Clinicians.Researchers.#communicationmatters @SpeechPath….
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