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24 Jun 2020

Weighing wheelchair-bound, bedbound and bariatric clients

  Monitoring a client’s weight regularly (eg. monthly) after a catastrophic injury is essential.  Clients are often discharged from hospital and rehabilitation settings weighing significantly less than their “pre-injury” weight.  This is due to drastic changes to muscle mass (as a result of inflammation and immobility), clients often not liking institutional food and/or frequent periods […]
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27 May 2020

Alcohol intake and COVID-19

  Are your clients drinking more or less alcohol during lockdown? Alcohol Change completed a survey in April 2020 which showed that 21% of individuals in the UK were drinking more as a result of the lockdown, while 33% were drinking less or had stopped altogether.1  Why the difference?  While they didn’t specify in the […]
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23 Apr 2020

Bored? Lonely? Unfit? (during lockdown) — Toolkits, links & resources to help clients manage

  We’ve got at least another 2 weeks of lockdown to go! What’s going well for you (and your clients) during the lockdown? What’s the #1 challenge? What new habit have you (or your clients) developed that you want to continue after the lockdown is over?   Based on the challenges people have shared with […]
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08 Apr 2020

Coronavirus lockdown = New habits

  How are you coping with the new “normal” of Coronavirus lockdown?  And how are your clients coping?  Some people seem to be doing great – cooking from scratch more, meal planning, trying new foods and recipes and increasing their physical activity level (with Zoom fitness classes at home; moving exercise equipment into the garden; […]
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27 Mar 2020

COVID-19 – Novel food shopping delivery options

Wholesale food providers Brakes & Bidfood are apparently teaming up with the government with plans to provide food boxes to vulnerable clients in the coming weeks.  Details of the scheme are yet to be released but you can read more information HERE.  Make sure vulnerable clients have signed up on the government’s Coronavirus Extremely Vulnerable […]
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26 Mar 2020

Vulnerable clients, food shortages & online deliveries

  If you’ve been to the supermarket in the last few weeks, you’ve likely noticed that many shelves are empty and it is much harder to purchase the food items which you would normally use.  You’ve also likely noticed that getting an online delivery slot at the minute is next to impossible.  So what options […]
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19 Mar 2020

COVID-19 Statement – how we are keeping clients safe

I just wanted to reach out to you during this uncertain time to let you know what action I am taking to support clients and help keep them safe. Clients and their support team may be starting to feel anxious when faced with empty shelves in the supermarket.  They may also not be able to get specialty […]
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26 Feb 2020

Tiny habits = big results when changing behaviour

  Have you ever thought to yourself, “I know I should eat more vegetables/drink more water/go to gym three times per week….why can’t I get myself to actually DO it?”  Have your clients every struggled with the same issues?  Or maybe you know someone who actually managed to give up sugar and start going to […]
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27 Jan 2020

Vegan Diets, The Game Changers Movie and Catastrophic Injuries

  Between Veganuary and people watching The Game Changers movie on Netflix, I’ve had several people ask me recently whether we should be recommending a vegan diet for clients after a catastrophic injury. The short answer to that question is “no” — I don’t think every single client after a catastrophic injury would benefit from […]
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18 Dec 2019

Manage fatigue and motivate clients with….blood sugar monitoring

    If you have clients struggling with fatigue – do they know what their blood sugar levels are? Blood sugar levels can either be checked by requesting the HbA1c blood test (3 month average of blood sugars) from the GP and/or by using a blood sugar monitor at home. The healthy blood sugar range […]
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