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Dysphagia: Awareness and Support of Swallowing Difficulties
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Speech Pathologist
Linked InJenny Cole-Virtue
With thirty years of Speech Pathology clinical practice Jenny has extensive experience working with people who are living with swallowing, feeding and communication difficulties. She has worked widely in the aged care, rehabilitation, acute care and outpatient settings in Australia and the UK. Originally training as a Speech Pathologist in the UK, Jenny undertook further study and graduated from Macquarie University, Sydney in 2003 with M.A. Communication Disorders. She has worked in research, teaching and clinical supervision at Sydney, Macquarie and currently at Australian Catholic University. Jenny has a special interest in the area of aged care both in promoting safe mealtime environments and in addressing the facilitation of communication and engagement for people living with dementia. Jenny is a Certified Practising Member of Speech Pathology Australia and currently works in her own mobile private practice, Forest Speech Pathology, based in the Northern suburbs of Sydney.
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Dietitian
Linked InAlison Smith
With over 20 years’ experience as a qualified Dietitian, Alison has extensive knowledge of dysphagia and nutrition and for the last 6 years Alison has worked as a Prescribing Support Dietitian within a Clinical Commissioning Group. Her role focuses on appropriate prescribing of all products relating to nutrition, with a particular remit for appropriate prescribing of oral nutritional supplements and appropriate identification and treatment of malnutrition.
Alison’s particular interests include malnutrition, care homes, dysphagia and dementia, and prior to her current job held a clinical role specialising in nutrition support for older people in care homes and the wider community, as well as nutrition support including tube feeding for people with progressive neurological conditions.
Alison is the chair of the Older People Specialist Group of the British Dietetic Association (BDA) and has represented dietitians working with older people on the IDDSI UK External Reference Group since its inception.
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