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Dementia and Speech Pathology is more than Dysphagia
This Dementia Action Week, our Speech Pathology team are highlighting how they can help people with Dementia for more than dysphagia....
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OSCAR Care Group
- Aug 30
Your questions answered by a Speechie
During Speech Pathology Week 2024, we held a webinar inviting people to submit questions to our Speechies regarding all things Speech and...
OSCAR Care Group
- Aug 26
Communicate Your Way with AAC
When someone says “communication,” what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Talking, speaking, listening? Although these might be...
OSCAR Care Group
- Aug 5
A Deep Dive into Stroke Recovery with a Speech Pathologist
Stroke is a serious health concern in Australia, affecting a substantial portion of the population. The latest figures from the Stroke...
OSCAR Care Group
- Jul 15
Ice Cream, an unsuspecting choking risk
As the temperature drops and frosty mornings begin, on comes the heaters, hot foods and drinks, and nights rugged up in blankets....
OSCAR Care Group
- Jul 9
How Speech Pathologists can support you with your mealtimes
A lot of us look forward to eating food and enjoying our mealtimes every single day. For some, eating food is more than just fuelling the...
OSCAR Care Group
- May 22
Supporting Swallowing and Communication for People with Huntington’s Disease
Huntington’s disease is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease that causes nerve cells in parts of the brain to die. It is estimated...
OSCAR Care Group
- May 1
How to best communicate with someone with Dementia
Dementia can affect how individuals both express themselves and understand the information that is communicated to them. This may result...
OSCAR Care Group
- Mar 18
How to Help Early Language Development
Did you know that one of the best ways to support early language development is by talking to your child during normal routines? We will...
OSCAR Care Group
- Mar 13
Dysphagia: To Thicken or not to Thicken
Thickened fluids play a key role in the management of swallowing difficulties, clinically known as dysphagia, but are they the best...
OSCAR Care Group
- Feb 15
A message from our Managing Director, Nicole Buettel
We are already halfway through February 2024! What a journey we had in 2023. Still coming out of the COVID fog, we have called 2023 the...
OSCAR Care Group
- Jan 29
Supporting children with their language development in childcare
Language development not only affects how a child will communicate, but will also support various areas of a child’s development, such as...
OSCAR Care Group
- Aug 20, 2023
Peanut Butter: A Sticky Situation for people with dysphagia
Peanut butter is a first choice for many when it comes to the array of spreads available to us, especially on toast for breakfast or a...
OSCAR Care Group
- Jun 8, 2023
Can swallowing assessments be conducted via telehealth?
Telehealth is a rapidly growing space for our allied health professionals, specifically when it comes to our Speech Pathology practice at...
OSCAR Care Group
- Apr 14, 2023
Allied Health support for people with Parkinson’s Disease
Did you know, each day in Australia, 37 people will hear, ‘you have Parkinson’s.’ for the very first time. That’s more than one person...
OSCAR Care Group
- Apr 12, 2023
5 reasons why you need IDDSI training
A big part of our role as Speech Pathologists is providing education to others. This is particularly true for our training that we...
OSCAR Care Group
- Apr 2, 2023
Autism Spectrum Disorder: How to set goals with a Speech Pathologist
At OSCAR Care Group, we celebrate neurodiversity! Today on World Autism Awareness Day, we would like to share how we support our Autistic...
OSCAR Care Group
- Mar 16, 2023
Resident’s choice and control: A difficult diagnosis to swallow
Dysphagia can be an overwhelming and devastating diagnosis for many people living with the condition, as well as their family and close...
OSCAR Care Group
- Dec 7, 2022
All we want for Christmas is safe consumption
The Christmas season is upon us, a season filled with presents, family and friends and way too much food. If you’re planning on having a...
OSCAR Care Group
- Oct 1, 2022
Down Syndrome
October marks the beginning of Down Syndrome Awareness Month. Throughout October, we celebrate people with Down Syndrome and raise...
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