NRC Medical Experts invites you to an essential webinar tailored to solicitors and professionals working with clients affected by EDS, commonly known as dysphagia.

  • 🔵 Key Considerations for Solicitors Supporting Clients with Eating, Drinking and Swallowing (EDS) Disorders 
  • 📆 23 January 2025 | 🕓 4pm 
  • 🔗 Register Now

Led by the experienced Speech and Language Therapist Claire MacLaine, this session will provide valuable insights into the challenges and legal implications surrounding EDS disorders which are often present in people with brain injuries and other neurological disorders.

Dysphagia is often chronic and can profoundly impact a client’s quality of life, requiring careful consideration in medico-legal cases. This webinar is designed to provide essential knowledge to understand the ramifications of this condition on health and wellbeing, and how best to support clients with this condition, ensuring their needs are fully represented in rehabilitation. Chronic presentation of dysphagia could have significant impact on the legal outcome of a case.

What You’ll Learn:

  • Understanding Dysphagia: Learn what EDS and dysphagia is, its medical causes, and how it affects physical health, communication, and psychosocial well-being.
  • Legal Implications: Explore how dysphagia impacts case outcomes, including care planning, risk assessments, and compensation considerations.
  • Supporting Clients Effectively: Gain practical strategies for ensuring clients with dysphagia can fully participate in legal processes.
  • Collaborating with Experts: Discover how Speech and Language Therapists (SLT) contribute to dysphagia management and how their expertise can strengthen your cases.
  • Real-World Applications: Case study presentation of the negative impact of dysphagia and how SLT involvement can improve the client’s health and quality of life.

SLT involvement in cases with dysphagia could impact a legal outcome. This dysphagia webinar will give you a deeper understanding of a complex yet crucial aspect of client care, equipping you to advocate more effectively for individuals with dysphagia.

Register:

Register online via Zoom.