Joy Cooper

🚶‍♀️🚶'The attention I have been getting from the Community Falls Team over the last two or three months has been absolutely brilliant and I'm so delighted with the progress.' 🔊Hear more from Fred about his experience with the Community Falls Team👇

🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️The Community Falls Prevention and Management Team provide falls assessment and support in the community. If you're over the age of 65, you can be referred to the service by any healthcare professional. 🔊Aisling from the Community Falls Team shares more.

Exciting opportunity to lead the physiotherapy team within the Regional Aquired Brain Injury Unit in Musgrave Park

@LWphysio @spoon_mcaloon

Any physiotherapists or occupational therapists working within A&E that I could talk to about there service and any data they have collected to show the positive impact of having therapists at the front door #frontdoortherapy

Feels a bit bittersweet to be sharing my old post, it's an absolutely lovely one for any physio with a passion for working with adults with (mostly progressive) neurological conditions in their own homes and communities. jobs.hscni.net/Job/32450/bhsc…

A festive reminder of the gift of life at #Christmas. 🎁 Take 2 minutes out of your day at this busy time of the year to confirm your organ donation decision ➡️ orlo.uk/QFLB3

📢New BGS publication! We have today published a new resource aimed at supporting healthcare professionals who want to offer a front door frailty service to older people presenting at emergency departments. #FrontDoorFrailty bgs.org.uk/policy-and-med…

🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️'The attention I have been getting from the Community Falls Team over the last two or three months has been absolutely brilliant and I'm so delighted with the progress.' 🔊Hear more from Fred about his experience with the Community Falls Team👇

Well done Aisling for clearly explaining the work done by the Community Falls Team

Are you 65+ & had a recent fall? You may be eligible for a free 12-week strength & balance programme with @BelfastTrust The classes aim to improve: 🚶‍♀️ confidence 🚶‍♀️ activity levels 🚶‍♀️ general wellbeing Email fallservices@belfasttrust.hscni.net or call 028 9504 7656.

Calling all registered physios 📣 please digest this fact and act upon it #futureworkforce

“Even though we’re all experienced staff, we were overwhelmed by the reaction” Our Physiotherapy Team at Meadowlands have introduced new games, such as basketball and ten pin bowling to aid patient recovery and bring variety to their time in hospital.

Presenting poster today #BGSConf Int Conf on Falls & Postural Stability @GeriSoc, on role @bhsct of community falls pcist reducing inapprop polypharmacy/ACB, identifying osteoporosis/osteopenia via pcist DEXA referral @DrCaroleParsons @paulaburns8811 @mccusker_eimear @Moira29

❓Question for Neuro/Disability/community Physios... Can anyone point me in the direction of physio gurus in Postural Care / Contracture prevention & management in the UK or Ireland?

Great to see updated NICE guidelines recognising the importance of rehabilitation following a stroke. Well done and thank you for your contribution @NicolaMoran8

#AHPsDay2023 Thanks to all the amazing AHPs working across Belfast Trust - hope you have the opportunity to take some time out for yourself today #AHPsActive @BelfastTrust

It’s #WorldHeartDay 🫀 – let's spread the word to encourage more people to confirm their decision on the NHS Organ Donor Register. Thanks to the kindness of donors and their loved ones, 207 hearts were transplanted last year in the UK to save lives. ➡️ orlo.uk/dEsbo

Did you know that being discharged from hospital might save a life? It allows the sickest patients to be admitted and treated appropriately. Please work with us to help save more lives by making as many hospital beds as possible available to those most in need.

Physios from @BelfastTrust on picket line today. How is getting paid less money than our UK colleagues, for the same job, fair and equitable? @CSPNI1 @ClaireRonald #fairpay

Social Vulnerability and Frailty in Hospitalized Older Adults. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37662062/ Being socially vulnerable was associated with increased length of stay, having excess hospital days, and being discharged to long term care from hospital. Nice paper, led by @cm_jasmine