Category Archives: continuing education

Dementia Caregiver Conferences: June 2024

June is Alzheimer’s and brain awareness month, an excellent time to expand your mind. Advanced registration is required for these free dementia caregiver conferences.

Virtual Conference

Caring for People with Memory Loss
When: Saturday, June 1
What: A lively, informative discussion related to memory loss and caregiving tips
Where: Online via Zoom or in-person at the University of Minnesota’s McNamara Alumni Center in Minneapolis, MN
Click here to learn more and register.

Oregon In-Person Conference

TEEPA SNOW Dementia Care Conference
When: Tuesday, June 18
What: A free educational and skills building event for Oregon family care partners and care professionals.
Where: Salem Convention Center, Salem, Oregon
Click here to learn more. Registration opens May 21 at noon Pacific Time.

Another year of successful capstone projects

A big congratulations to Claire Malany, Hayley Neptune, and Magda van Leeuwen on the successful completion of their master’s capstone projects. The projects they completed through the O-SEE Lab were all extremely meaningful and clinically relevant – and have great potential to impact the field of speech-language pathology. The titles of their projects were:

Mealtime management of culturally and linguistically differing (CLD) populations: A qualitative study (Claire Malany and Hayley Neptune)

Implications of snacking on nutrition and quality of life in nursing home residents (Magda van Leeuwen)

 

Check out the great handouts they prepared with some of the key take-aways from their talks!

Cultural Responsivity and Dysphagia

Implications of Snacking on Nutrition and Quality of Life in Nursing Home Residents

Oregon Speech-Language and Hearing Association Conference

We had a lot of representation at this year’s Oregon Speech-Language and Hearing Association Conference! Our participants this year included: Dr. Shune, collaborator Dr. Reva Barewal, current Ph.D. students David Bayne, Ting-fen Lin, and Bedoor Nagshabandi; lab alumni Rachel Gulliford, Marissa White, and Lauren Zinnershine.

Barewal, R. & Shune, S. (2020). Transitional foods: Updates on their behavior, use, and benefits in both adult and pediatric populations.

*Bayne, D., *Gulliford, R., Thompson, A., *White, M., & Shune, S. (2020). Developing a hospital-based simulation lab for increased educational exposure.

*Bayne, D., Barewal, R., & Shune, S. (2020). The use of enhanced foods to reduce malnourishment.

*Lin, T., Deshmukh, R., & Shune, S. (2020). Swimming against the currents of work-related stress in healthcare.

*Zinnershine, L., *Nagshabandi, B., & Shune, S. (2020). Speech-language pathologists’ perceptions of factors affecting dysphagia adherence in the inpatient setting.

 

 

Transitional foods webinar

Dr. Shune and Dr. Reva Barewal presented a wonderful webinar on transitional foods for the National Foundation of Swallowing Disorders. The webinar was aimed at healthcare providers, patients, and caregivers impacted by dysphagia, and students learning about swallowing disorders. Transitional foods were defined and categorized in depth.

Happy Crackers

Here is a link to the info and a recording of the webinar: Webinar Recording

 

ABSSD Webinar for Dysphagia Awareness Month

A big thank you to the American Board of Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders for inviting Dr. Shune and Dr. Ashwini Namasivayam-MacDonald to speak about caregiver burden as part of their Dysphagia Awareness Month series. It was wonderful to be able to share our recent work and discuss opportunities for both clinicians and researchers to better engage with caregivers and family members.

In case you missed it, a recording of the Zoom session is available on their Facebook page here.

In light of COVID-19 and the increased burden placed on caregivers, the ABBSD has focused on honoring caregivers this Dysphagia Awareness Month. They have created a number of wonderful infographics that they have been sharing on their social media throughout the month, including:

Fall Conference Season

What a busy fall for the O-SEE Lab! We started at the Oregon Speech-Language and Hearing Association Annual Conference in October, where a number of O-SEE lab members (Dr. Shune, Bedoor Nagshabandi), alumni (Rachael Iverson), and collaborators (Dr. Reva Barewal) presented together. We then quickly turned our attention to November’s ASHA Convention. Dr. Shune, Bedoor, and Tess Munboon, along with collaborators Dr. Barewal and Dr. Ashwini Namasivayam-MacDonald, joined the approximately other 15,000 convention attendees this year!

We were excited to share all of our new work related to caregiver burden, transitional-state snacks, and dysphagia compliance/adherence with everyone.

 

 

NFOSD Webinar – Dysphagia’s Impact on Families

Dr. Shune had the pleasure of presenting with RiverBend speech-language pathologist Michele Vandehey a webinar on “Dysphagia’s Broader Impacts on Caregivers and Families,” organized by the National Foundation of Swallowing Disorders.

Check out the link below for a recording of that webinar!

Webinar Recording: Dysphagia’s Broader Impacts on Caregivers & Families