Mrs Amber Thoroughgood, Mrs Cassandra Knight 1Hunter New England Local health District, Hunter New England, Australia Background: The provision of foodservices to inpatients in Hunter New England Local health District (HNELHD) Mental Health (MH) facilities is challenging, as these services...
- April 3, 2019
Kathy Stiller1 1Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Adelaide, Australia Background: Building research capacity within a busy clinical allied health department is important but can be limited by time, resources and expertise. In 1995, a role was created in a physiotherapy...
- April 3, 2019
Kathy Stiller1, Deborah Gallasch2, Amy Conlon-Leard3, Michelle Hardy4, Anna Phillips5, Gisela Van Kessel5 1Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Adelaide, Australia, 2Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, 3The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, 4Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre, Adelaide, Australia, 5University of South Australia,...
- April 3, 2019
Rachel Resuggan1 1St John Of God Health Care Inc., Osborne Park, Australia St John of God Health Care (SJGHC) is one of the largest private sector (not-for-profit) health services in Australia operating 24 facilities (3,407 hospital beds) across acute, sub-acute...
- April 3, 2019
Mrs Vicky Stirling1, Mrs Deborah Fitzgerald1 1Queensland Health, Gold Coast, Australia Background: Allied Health university program and cohort growth to meet perceived workforce needs have led to an increase in demand for pre-entry student placements. To meet this demand Allied...
- April 3, 2019
Mrs Phillipa Cordner1,2,3,4, Mrs Mary Scannell1,2,3,4 1Gold Coast Hospital And Health Service, Gold Coast, Australia, 2Gold Coast Hospital Foundation, 3Children’s Hospital Foundation, 4Greater Charitable Foundation, Background: Ben* was booked for a dental procedure under general anaesthetic due to sensory preferences...
- April 3, 2019
Mrs Luciana Theodoro De Freitas1, Mrs Andrea Catt1, Mrs Nikeea Cross1, Mrs Wendy Freedman1, Mrs Sally Rathbone1, Mrs Erin Aumann1, Mrs Xanthia Venz1 1Queensland Health, Townsville, Australia Background: The use of Sensory Modulation (SM) interventions have increased in Mental Health...
- April 3, 2019
Rebecca Seeney1,2, Janelle Griffin1 1Occupational Therapy Department, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, 2The Hopkins Centre, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia Background: An acquired brain injury (ABI) is defined as any injury occurring in the brain after birth. Leisure provides an important...
- April 3, 2019
Miss Lucy Lyons1, Mrs Jackie Moon1 1Mater Health, Brisbane, Australia A key focus for Mater Speech Pathology team has been to grow our capacity to deliver complex, high acuity outpatient services in the hospital setting. This is in response to...
- April 3, 2019
Ms Alison Battin1, Ms Bronwen Craig1, Ms Katrina Moore1, Ms Hardie Grace1, Ms Laura Foley1, Ms Clare Lorenzen2 1Westmead Hospital, Western Sydney Local Health District , Westmead, Australia, 2Cumberland Hospital, Western Sydney Local Health District, Westmead, Australia Background: Critical incidents...
- April 3, 2019