Things really heated up over the Summer with IDDSI Events and news!

A RESOUNDING SUCCESS 

The 4th UK IDDSI Festival was once again a huge success. Congratulations to the UK IDDSI Festival 2024 planning team, IRG, and all the amazing volunteers, sponsors and presenters for the work and support. Participants followed ‘A Day in the Life’ of persons with dysphagia with presentations about porridge, oral care, the newly launched Restaurant card initiative (collaboration between The Swallows UK, OHK & IDDSI), taking medications, enhancing nutrition & hydration with texture modification and simple, yet amazing things we can do to enhance the quality of life for those living with dysphagia. 

2024 also featured the 1st IDDSI Masterclass facilitated by Ben Hanson, Peter Lam, James Ball & Preston Walker.  Participants were subjected to experiential learning simulating swallowing difficulties and were challenged to critically think about food from ingredient selection, processing, cooking techniques and how they are served to meet IDDSI textural level characteristics.  Congratulations to our 1st UK IDDSI Festival Masterclass graduates!

Disappointed that you could not be at the UK IDDSI Festival?

There are more opportunities to attend an IDDSI event… 

Canada IDDSI Festival and Masterclass Event: Oct 22-23, 2024 at Humber College, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA. Register now and don’t miss out on the EARLY BIRD Registration Rate (before Monday, September 30^th) for the exciting opportunity to extend your IDDSI knowledge and skills. 

REGISTER HERE

Asia IDDSI Festival 2024 & Masterclass Event: Nov 29-30, 2024 at the International Medical University, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Register now and don’t miss this exciting opportunity to extend your IDDSI knowledge and skills. REGISTER HERE   

Europe: SAVE the DATE – February 27-28, 2025  The first European IDDSI Congress will be held in Florence, Italy - Check it out here. Mark your calendars and plan to attend. More information coming soon!

For full details of upcoming IDDSI festivals, refer to our eblast or visit https://iddsi.org/Events

Webinars & IDDSI Learning

Webinar Event: 

Getting Started with Implementation of IDDSI in Skilled Nursing Facilities

Presented by: Dr. Shellie M. Sonnentag, DNP, AGPCNP, CD, NHA, RAC-CTA, DNS-CT, WCC, QCP

Date: Oct 2, 2024 - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT

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To register please go to: this link

IDDSI is the current standard of practice for dysphagia management, which will soon become a regulatory requirement during survey visits. Join us as we delve into the intricacies of IDDSI's implementation, available training and resources, equipping you with the knowledge needed to effectively support your team. Discover valuable insights from sharing lessons learned and offer practical tips to conquer the common challenges faced in the dynamic world of dysphagia care.

Session Objectives:

• Describe the IDDSI Framework, the current standard for dysphagia management

• Discuss implementation process in a skilled nursing facility (SNF) setting and available training and resources

• Explain how members of the SNF interdisciplinary team can most effectively assist in the implementation process

• Discuss lessons learned and tips on how to handle the most frequent challenges that arise

Webinar Event: 

Promoting Meaningful Electronic Health Information Exchange Between Patient Care Sites: Inclusion of IDDSI in SNOMED CT

Presented by: 

Elaine Wooler, BSc, MA, GMBPsS - Senior Terminologist at SNOMED International

Donna G. Pertel, MEd, RD, LDN - Director, Nutrition Care Process & Terminology; the Commission on Dietetic Registration; Chicago; IL; USA,

Michelle Ashafa, RD, LDN, CAPM, CSM - Quality Technology Analyst, the Commission on Dietetic Registration, Chicago, IL, USA

Moderator: Peter Lam, RD, CFE, Chairperson & CEO, International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation initiative

Date: Oct 30, 2024 - 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM PDT

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To register please go to: this link

Every day, electronic records around the world record a vast amount of health care data. So, the real challenge is ensuring professionals have the right ideas for communicating the care they provide and can ensure safe, effective, and high-quality care, particularly in transitions of care.

This webinar will establish what professionals need from Electronic Health Records using the clinical terminology SNOMED CT to support the care they provide when working with persons who have dysphagia, how consistent nutrition processes and terminology ensure meaningful communication, and how nutrition standards aim to offer the necessary guidance and structure for electronic health record exchange.

Join us as we explore opportunities and challenges in the current state of nutrition terminology and standards, and ways for professionals to become more knowledgeable about this work.

Global Updates

Brazil: BRAZIL IRG - PRESENT AT ABD (Brazilian Association of Dysphagia) Congress August 15-17, 2024

The Brazil IRG managed a booth at the recent ABD Congress, where Luis F. Riquelme, IDDSI Vice-Chair, also presented a half-day workshop on IDDSI implementation that included a laboratory for IDDSI testing methods practice. He also partook in two keynote panels aimed at discussing improvements in practice and looking at future trends.  

Great conversations, great connections and great sharing all around! 

Thank you ABD Congress organizers for inviting IDDSI and “muit obrigado” to the Brazil IRG for their work on behalf of IDDSI. 

Volunteers from Brazil IRG. Also with us Dr. Roberto Dantas, former Board member of IDDSI, Dr. Carlos Manzano - leader of the Mexico IRG (President of SLAD-Latin American Society of Dysphagia) and Dr. Ivan Ramos - leader of the Peru IRG (incoming President SLAD-Latin American Society of Dysphagia). 

BRAZIL IRG LAUNCHES IDDSI IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE IN PORTUGUESE FOR PRACTITIONERS IN BRAZIL

Many thanks to the hard work of the Brazil IRG team! They launched the publication of an IDDSI Implementation Guide in Portuguese at the recently held Brazilian Association of Dysphagia Congress held in Sao Paulo, BZ. An oral session was held during the congress to introduce the guide. 

“Obrigado!” 

Canada:  Over the summer the CIRG have been very busy!

Thinking about IDDSI implementation within your organization? We have some great tips in the CAN-DO newsletter for July here We also have compiled an awesome reference guide for you! It includes links to many of our favorite IDDSI resources from the IDDSI website and YouTube channel! Read all the details in the CAN-DO Newsletter for August here

Don't forget to get your tickets for the 2nd Canada Festival in October here!

Japan: At the 30th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Dysphagia Rehabilitation at Fukuoka, Japan, we held the first full-scale seminar on IDDSI in Japan with the practical training.

Despite the strong storm (The 10th Typhoon), the seminar was very successful with 30 enthusiastic clinicians and researchers who had been awaiting to attend this session. At the seminar, Prof. Catriona M. Steele, Prof. Jun Kayashita, and Prof. Mari Nakao-Kato gave lectures to show an overview and history of IDDSI, rationale of IDDSI, and ideas on how to use IDDSI. 

After the talk, members of the IDDSI Japan Reference Group facilitated the group work and demonstrated spoon tilt test, fork separation test and fork pressure test (with tongue pressure less than 17 kPa or 390g with kitchen scale, using two types of sample foods). All the participants were enthusiastic about the practical training.　

According to the results of the questionnaire after the seminar, 90% of the participants found the overall content of the seminar interesting, 10% found it rather interesting, and 90% found the content of the hands-on workshop on the evaluation method interesting. In response to the question, "Where do you want to use what you learned today?", attenders replied " for product development" or "to provide guidance to families at hospitals."

From responses, each participant seemed to have a desire to incorporate it into their own fields. The responses were willingness to use it in facilities, at home, and in research, or to use it to check menus. Some of them answered to use to evaluate the hospital food, nursing care, or to teach it in classes at university.

Based on the feedback from the participants of this seminar, the IDDSI Japan Reference Group will move forward with next steps. Congratulations to Prof. Mari Nakao-Kato and the Japan IRG for this successful seminar!

United States: The US IRG is showcasing their wonderful volunteer members!

Read all the newsletter details here or go to the USIRG webpage for more information.

Sponsor Updates

Many thanks to ParapharmaTech for becoming a Gold Sponsor with IDDSI!

ParapharmaTech, the makers of Gelmix and Purathick USDA organic thickening powders, is dedicated to the development of organic, natural nutritional products for children and adults.

Translations

We are very excited to announce more great work has been made towards translations! Translations for IDDSI Framework & Detailed Definitions and Testing Methods in Japanese are now up for review and can be found here 

We would like to extend our thanks to the following for their hard work and dedication:

• Japan: Mari Nakato, Jin Magara and Kotomi Sakai

Upcoming Events:

• FNCE 2024, Minneapolis, MN, USA, Oct 5-8, 2024
• Italian Society of Deglutology Conference, Milan, Italy, Oct 25-26, 2024
• ASHA 2024, Seattle, WA, USA, Dec 5-7, 2024