IDDSI 2024
The power of many volunteers...
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Thank you to everyone who submitted nominations for our volunteer Hall of Appreciation - these will be posted shortly. We applaud everyone’s incredible volunteer efforts which have helped us implement IDDSI around the world. Check out our Hall of Appreciation and remember you can send in nominations any time Hall of Appreciation
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Webinars & IDDSI Learning
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FREE IDDSI Education….on demand!
Did you know that IDDSI has dozens of recorded webinars available for free on our YouTube channel? From IDDSI 101 to IDDSI Funnel Instructions in a variety of languages. We invite you to take a look here
If you prefer to attend our live webinars, please keep an eye on our website for upcoming events.
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Event: Implementing IDDSI in Acute Care Settings – Sharing the Halton Healthcare Experience
Presented by Marianne Katusin, Director Support Services, Halton Healthcare
Date: April 17, 2024 - 10:00 AM PST/1:00 PM EST
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Many acute healthcare facilities have not been able to implement IDDSI to the full capacity due to facility limitations and lack of skilled staff. Halton Healthcare will share their experiences implementing IDDSI at their 3 hospital sites. The session will include both challenges and successes with testing RTS products, developing recipes, working with manufacturer partners, testing and taste panels, collaboration with Allied Health professionals and staff training. The aim is to inspire those in acute healthcare facilities that IDDSI implementation is possible beyond the fluids.
To register please go to:
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Event: Not Enough Cooks in the Kitchen: Sparking Team-and-Evidence-Based Implementation of IDDSI
Presented by contributors of the United States IDDSI Reference Groups (Resources and Best Practices, Education and Training, Research and Data Collection)
Date: May 9, 2024 - 1:00 PM PDT/4:00 PM EDT
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Learning Outcome(s):
- Identify barriers and facilitators of IDDSI implementation in their clinical setting
- Discuss facilitation of the continuum of menu preparation and service for IDDSI levels in their clinical setting
- Identify key team members for IDDSI implementation in their clinical setting
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FUN, FUN,
FUNNEL TRIVIA
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Which one has been washed 3000 times in a commercial dishwasher? |
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Left is right. Yes, the one on the left has been washed 3000 times and is still usable! |
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Dysphagia Research Society:
DRS 2024 took place March 12-15 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. IDDSI is most appreciative to DRS for the opportunity to connect with the many participants attending the conference at our IDDSI booth. We were so pleased to hear from many attendees about their implementation initiatives and ideas. The conference program and the many posters brought cutting edge research and we continue to be pleased to see IDDSI has become a useful standardized tool in research. On top of the scientific work, the social committee organized a truly island social experience against the beauty and culture of Puerto Rico.
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IDDSI Booth – testing IDDSI Knowledge Game |
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Thank you to all who visited the IDDSI Booth |
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Salsa Lesson with Dr Riquelme and
Dr Troche at the DRS dinner
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At our IDDSI Booth in Puerto Rico, we offered participants a chance to send in their ideas for research related to IDDSI implementation. Have a research idea you would like to share - consider sending in your ideas for a chance to win a gift card! https://forms.office.com/r/2zDkeCgwcp
Deadline for entries: Wednesday, April 24th, 2024
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Here is an example of IDDSI in research…
Charlotte Cunningham, a Freshman majoring in Psychology from Virginia Tech, recently presented her science research, "International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative (IDDSI) Thickness Labels for Drinkable Commercial Kefir to Improve the Lives of Persons with Dysphagia and Other Swallowing Disorders" at the National Collegiate Research Conference (NCRC) at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. Cunningham presented during Poster Session III in the "Engineering, Mathematics, Applied Sciences" category."
Her research involves implementing kefir, a fermented dairy beverage, using the IDDSI Flow Test and Framework to aid those with swallowing disorders. She has conducted three years of research and is currently surveying speech pathologists and those who have or assist those with swallowing disorders.
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Thank you, Charlotte for sharing your research with IDDSI!
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Patient Safety Recognition for IDDSI Culinary IRG team.
Congratulations to Preston Walker & James Ball, Oak House Kitchen (OHK) as “Gold” award winner for Patient Safety of the year at the Health Services Journal Partnership awards 2024. Preston and James are IDDSI Culinary IRG team co-leaders. IDDSI is so proud of them!!!
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OHK (formerly Oak House Kitchen) is delighted to announce that their partnership with the East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (ESHT) has been officially named as the “Gold” winner of the Patient Safety of the Year at the HSJ Partnership Awards 2024. The collaboration saw the specialist team partner with specialist Speech & Language Therapists in ESHT, Anita Smith and Laura Jones, to launch an immersive, cost-effective e-learning programme that has been vastly improving the lives of those suffering with dysphagia since launch.
The HSJ Partnership Awards recognise an outstanding dedication to improving healthcare and effective collaboration with the NHS. OHK co-founders Preston Walker and James Ball are experts in the area of health and social care catering, IDDSI and the texture modification of foods.
The OHK and ESHT partnership was established in 2020 to create an interactive, immersive, and educational program tailored to address the diverse training needs of ESHT staff and enhance patient safety. Following the introduction of the eLearning-based there were no ‘never’ events or near misses and vast improvements in the quality of incidents being reported and acted upon. The collaboration and project was selected and put forward for the award based on its ambition, value and the positive outcomes that the project has had on both practitioners and patients.
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If there is IDDSI implementation activity happening in your part of the world and you do not see the information on the IDDSI website or mentioned in the e-bite, please contact us and let us know, We will be most happy to acknowledge your contribution and let the rest of the world know what you are doing.
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Canada: The Canada IRG's focus for this month is IDDSI Implementation Worldwide with a spotlight on the Asian Reference Groups Highlights from 2023 and Goals for 2024!
Read all the details here:
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Culinary and Food Science: The Culinary and Food Science IRG have had some great meetings! Please join us for our next meeting on Monday, April 8th BST. Let's keep the momentum going!
Check out the topics we'll be covering below:
- Starting points for understanding food for dysphagia
- Enhanced understanding of testing methods
- Cooking and food production
- Storing, serving, and eating
- What can we learn from around the world?
- Sensory
- IRG developments and communication
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Read all the newsletter details here
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IDDSI Reference Group Volunteering |
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If you are interested in joining an IDDSI Reference Group, please email the contact for the group. We welcome everyone who wants to help with guiding & fostering IDDSI implementation. Being part of a reference group is a great opportunity to meet IDDSI friends in your local, regional area. And you never know, something amazing may happen when great brains come together! |
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Don't see an IDDSI Reference Group for your practise or regional area? Interested in starting an IDDSI reference group to help support IDDSI implementation in your regional or practice area? Fill out the form here.
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If you have any suggestions for webinar topics, we’d love to hear them! Head over to our Contact Us form, choose subject “Webinars”, and let us know what you’d like to see in the upcoming months.
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Previous Webinars and Recordings |
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Missed any of our other webinars? All our webinars are recorded and can be found on here, but please note rewatching the webinars on YouTube will not provide you with a Certificate of Attendance.
If you register and then cannot attend a webinar, PLEASE make sure to cancel so we may open another spot up for someone else. Thank you very much for your consideration.
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Upcoming Events:
- International Symposium on Transdiciplinary Care for Dysphagia – Tainan, TW May 4-6, 2024
- Hong Kong IDDSI in Practice: From Kitchen to Table – May 17, 2024
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ANFP Annual Conference & Expo (ACE) Reno, NV - Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, June 10 -13, 2024 www.ANFPonline.org/ACE24
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International Congress of Nutrition & Dietetics ICND 2024 Conference – Toronto, ON, Canada, June 12-14, 2024 https://icnd2024.ca/
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If you are aware of other events where IDDSI will be featured, please share the information with us by sending the details to: office@iddsi.org
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