Lynette Mackenzie
@mac_lynette
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Associate Professor of OT, researching participation for older people and meeting the participation needs of cancer survivors.
OT University of Sydney
Joined October 2013
Thread: Upcoming changes to testing and isolation. From Sunday 1 May, most people will no longer be asked to take a PCR test if they have #coronavirus symptoms. Instead, you should stay at home if you feel unwell.
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#OTUSyd21 @mac_lynette #Australian delegate @WFOT, worked with @KaelinVera 🇺🇸, @InaRoosen 🇩🇪Patrick Hynes 🇮🇪@AOTInews and @AnnikaLexen🇸🇪 to capture the diversity of #occupationaltherapy research globally. Learn more about what they found 👉 https://t.co/VN5ycbTgNQ
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The Occupational Therapy team @syd_health is hosting our annual research symposium. Check out our program, https://t.co/VN5ycbTgNQ , share with your colleagues and sign up to attend this FREE event #OTUSyd21 #occupationaltherapy #research
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Does anyone live in the Ryde local government area in Sydney? or knows people that do? If yes, please go to: https://t.co/TceaRu8PE5 and vote for my project on translating the HOME FAST into five languages for older people from CALD communities!
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Paper published on the scoring of the Home Falls and Accidents Screening Tool: https://t.co/0XlLMMFciJ
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Check out a pilot paper undertaken in the UK about GPs interventions for falls prevention:
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DO YOU VISIT PEOPLE AT THEIR HOME AS PART OF YOUR EVERYDAY WORK IN HEALTH OR WELFARE SERVICES? If so, please take this survey and read the study information here: https://t.co/E2q8YHaGLi Please retweet or pass on to someone for whom this would be relevant!
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What is the lived experience of people with severe breathing difficulties? This is a common problem in the community. Research published in BJOT at
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Introduction Refractory breathlessness occurs at rest or on minimal exertion and persists chronically despite optimal treatment of the underlying cause. The bur...
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Anne and my paper from her RCOT grant!
Editor choice article for BJOT Feb edition - McIntyre et al 'Engagement of general practitioners in falls prevention and referral to occupational therapists' Free to read for 3 months at
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What do people with lived experience of mental illness expect to see in health professional curricula? New article published in AOTJ provides challenges to Universities https://t.co/sxDTQapZYM
#mentalhealth #MentalHealthMatters #MentalHealthAwareness
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Can older people in Australia and Ireland use technology to help prevent falls? We need to address the digital gap for older people. See article published in Ageing and Society https://t.co/Z3K0rMmkNA
#fallsprevention
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Perceptions of older people in Ireland and Australia about the use of technology to address falls prevention - Volume 40 Issue 2
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Hear from GPs, OTs & PTs about falls prevention in primary care in the West of Ireland. Paper published this month in BJOT https://t.co/H4347M0rYg
#fallsprevention
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What do we know about housework performance? Who does it? Time spent on housework? How OTs assess it? Scoping review published in BJOT https://t.co/wcF6ari7oa
#occupationaltherapy #housework
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Paper in early view of AOTJ showing that a score of 9 or more on the HomeFAST is associated with falling.
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Background Falls in older people are a major public health concern. To target falls prevention interventions, screening tools need to be able to identify older people at greater risk of falling....
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Deadline for abstracts for the OT Australia conference in Sydney in 2019 has been extended https://t.co/c8cjDtz9e0
*Call For Papers Extended* Don't miss your final opportunity to submit an abstract for OTA's 28th National Conference and Exhibition 2019. Call for Papers will now close on 16 September 2018. For more information on #otaus2019 visit: https://t.co/yg2l3zYkBJ
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New article published today: Making fall prevention routine in primary care practice: perspectives of allied health professionals https://t.co/84QwT6DAeu
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Paper published in AOTJ on the OT role in caring for cancer survivors: see
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Elf on the Shelf exposes 'horrendous situations' facing wheelchair users every day
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Alfie tackles disability discrimination with determination and Christmas cheer.
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Paper just published in AOTJ about the role of occupational therapy in cancer survivorship. See: https://t.co/WZvKSbrn5a
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Paper just published in early view about a review of home safety assessments in relation to falls in older people. See: https://t.co/3zxQtSJnQp
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