Monday 21st September 2009 to Tuesday 22nd September 2009
College of Occupational Therapists, London
This two day course is aimed at occupational therapists working within health and social care sectors and who may find themselves providing manual handling advice, guidance and support to carers and colleagues.
A practical workshop will make up the second day of the course and will focus on the practical elements of safer handling.
BAOT website 05/09.
Rehabilitation after critical illness
This guideline offers best practice advice on the care of adults with rehabilitation needs as a result of a period of critical illness that required inpatient treatment in critical care.
Published 25 March 2009. NICE Clinical Guideline 83.
NHS Evidence - Musculoskeletal 05/09.
Life-skill stations: tools for reminiscence and activity.
Swann, J
Nursing & Residential Care, February 2009, vol./is. 11/2(96-8)
Use of life-skill stations to preserve memory functions and mobility in elderly residents of care homes. Life-stations include items from everyday activities reflecting work, leisure, culture and individual abilities of residents, such as a music area, a games area, an office, a sewing box, a gardening area and tea and coffee making facilities. 3 refs.
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BNI database 05/09.
The Effectiveness of the Bobath Concept in Stroke Rehabilitation: What is the Evidence?
Kollen BJ, Lennon S, Lyons B, Wheatley-Smith L, Scheper M, Buurke JH, Halfens J, Geurts AC, Kwakkel G
Stroke 01 April 2009, vol./is. 40/4(89 - 97)
In the Western world, the Bobath Concept or neurodevelopmental treatment is the most popular treatment approach used in stroke rehabilitation, yet the superiority of the Bobath Concept as the optimal type of treatment has not been established. This systematic review of randomized, controlled trials aimed to evaluate the available evidence for the effectiveness of the Bobath Concept in stroke rehabilitation
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Cinahl database 05/09.
Chartered Society of Physiotherapists 2009 Congress
16th – 17th October 2009 at the BT Convention Centre, Liverpool
Congress 2009 is structured around six programme strands: cardio-respiratory, education and leadership, health, work and wellbeing, musculoskeletal, neurology and preparing for the 2012 Olympics and beyond. CSP website 05/09.
Low back pain: early management of persistent non-specific low back pain
This guideline covers the early treatment and management of persistent or recurrent low back pain, defined as non-specific low back pain that has lasted for more than 6 weeks, but for less than 12 months. It does not address the management of severe disabling low back pain that has lasted over 12 months.
Published 27 May 2009. NICE Clinical Guideline 88.
NHS Evidence – Musculoskeletal 05/09.
Patient-centred practice in physiotherapy: linking professional identity and learning.
International Journal of Therapy & Rehabilitation, 01 May 2009, vol./is. 16/5(246-247)
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Cinahl database 05/09.
Let's get physical.
Swinburne, C
Nursing Standard, March 2009, vol./is. 23/27(20-1)
Development of a video exercise programme for hospital inpatients to aid mental and physical recovery introduced at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge. The programme of exercises designed to be carried out in a bed or chair is described and risks of immobility and the impact of the exercises on patient morale are discussed.
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BNI database 05/09.
Dietary advice for illness-related malnutrition in adults
Illness-related malnutrition has been reported in 10% to 55% of ill people in hospital and the community in areas of food sufficiency. Dietary advice encouraging the use of energy- and nutrient-rich foods rather than oral nutritional supplements has been suggested for managing illness-related malnutrition.
This intervention review examined evidence that dietary advice to improve nutritional intake in adults with illness-related malnutrition improves survival, weight and anthropometry; to estimate the size of any additional effect of nutritional supplements given in combination with dietary advice.
Baldwin C, Weekes CE. Dietary advice for illness-related malnutrition in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 1, reviewed in 2009 (unchanged).
Cochrane Library 05/09.
A few good words: using core vocabulary to support nonverbal students.
Cannon B, Edmond G
ASHA Leader, 14 April 2009, vol./is. 14/5(20-23)
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Cinahl database 05/09.
Society of Radiographers
Society helps public to ACT: FAST
Following on from the government’s recent Stroke: Act F.A.S.T. awareness campaign, the Society and College of Radiographers has published information for patients who are to undergo imaging.
Society of Radiographers website 05/09.
Research news:
NIHR RDS for the East Midlands Overview of NIHR and Partner Sources of Funding
Plus Handy Tips for Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB)
2 Hour Workshop on 29th September 2009 from 1.00 - 3.00pm at PGMEC, Education Centre, Pilgrim Hospital, Boston. To book a place and request further information, please contact:
valerie.brown@nottingham.ac.uk
NIHR RDS for the East Midlands
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