Happy 2022 to everyone in our IDDSI global community!
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Despite the ongoing challenges with COVID-19 around the world, the hard work and energy of our many IDDSI volunteers in supporting IDDSI implementation is deeply appreciated. Keep learning more about this exciting work in Global Updates.
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If there is IDDSI implementation activity happening in your part of the world and you do not see the information on the IDDSI website or mentioned in the e-bite, please contact us and let us know, We will be most happy to acknowledge your contribution and let the rest of the world know what you are doing.
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Canada: Have you started? Single IDDSI-only labeling targeted for dysphagia products in Canada targeted for January 1, 2023.
In June 2021, the Canadian IDDSI Reference Group (CIRG) convened an industry forum to discuss how to move product labeling away from the legacy terminology and fully adopt IDDSI-only labeling. 105 people from suppliers across Canada and the supply chain participated in the forum.
The consensus agreement from the forum is that single dysphagia diet terminology is a good idea and could be achieved by January 1, 2023.
Two key external events helped attendees drive the decision. First, the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics (formerly the American Dietetics Association) that developed the National Dysphagia Diet has ended official support for the NDD diet terminology in October 2021 and has adopted IDDSI. This leaves IDDSI as the only evidence-based supported standardized terminology for dysphagia diets. Secondly, suppliers are already in the process of updating their labels to comply with the improvements in the nutrition facts table and list of ingredients that go into effect on December 15, 2022.
Besides these industry-wide forces, there are obvious reasons for facilities and clinicians to request the change. Dual labeling of old and new terminology impedes change. Why learn new terminology or update the computer systems when “nectar” is still on the label? With the retirement of the National Dysphagia Diet, why should it be on the label at all? And when new patients are introduced to dysphagia diets, why add to their confusion with 2 different labeling systems?
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Greece: Join the Greece IDDSI Reference Group for the webinar, IDDSI 101. This webinar provides an introductory overview of the purpose and development of IDDSI. This webinar also explores each of the eight levels of the texture continuum and provides practical information on how to perform the testing methods, next steps to further your knowledge on IDDSI, and get started on implementation.
Η Ελληνική Ομάδα Αναφοράς IDDSI σας καλεί να συμμετάσχετε στο webinar: IDDSI 101. Αυτό το webinar αποτελεί μια εισαγωγή σχετικά με τον σκοπό και την ανάπτυξη του IDDSI. Επίσης, εξερευνά κάθε ένα από τα 8 επίπεδα του φάσματος υφών και παρέχει πρακτικές πληροφορίες για το πώς να εκτελέσετε τις δοκιμαστικές μεθόδους, τα επόμενα βήματα για την επιμόρφωσή σας στο IDDSI και το πώς να ξεκινήσετε να το εφαρμόζετε.
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Hong Kong, SAR: The Hong Kong IDDSI Reference Group participated in the 2021 World Swallowing Day International Symposium & Elderly Diet Promotion on December 8, 2021. IDDSI was featured in the conference, thanks to Dr. Karen Chan and Dr. Elaine Kwong, HKIRG Co-Chairs. Peter Lam, IDDSI Global Co-Chair and Lee Yan Shan, Singapore IRG, were invited to present about IDDSI implementation around the world and implementation process in Singapore.
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Myanmar: IDDSI is now seeking volunteers to be part of a newly formed Myanmar IDDSI Reference Group, representing diverse stakeholders including speech-language pathologists, health care professionals, food industry representatives, school and care facility chefs, patients with feeding and swallowing disorders and their caregivers. Previous involvement in IDDSI guideline development or implementation is not a requirement. For more information, contact the Myanmar IDDSI Reference Group.
မြန်မာ စားမြို ရေး ခက်ခဲသူတို့၏ အစာ ရေစာ များ စံ နှုံးသတ်မှတ်ရေး ကိုးကားအဖွဲ့ သည် မြန်မာ့ ကနဦး ကိုးကားအဖွဲ့ ဖြစ်ပြီး ဤအဖွဲ့၏ ဘက်စုံ ရှုထောင့်စုံ မှ ကျယ်ပြန့်စွာ လုပ် ဆောင် နိုင်ရန် အဘက်ဘက်မှ စားမြိုရေးနှင့် သက်ဆိုင်သူများနှင့် ပညာရှင်များ ပါဝင် နိုင်ရန် အတွက် ကျန်းမာရေး ဝန်ထမ်းများ၊ စားသောက်ဆိုင် လုပ်ငန်းရှင်များ၊ ကျောင်းဆောင် နှင့် ဆေးရုံ စားဖိုမှူး များ၊ စားမြိုရေး အခက်အခဲရှိသူများနှင့် ၎င်းတို့ ၏ မိသားစုဝင်များ အပါအဝင်၊ နှင့် စိတ်ပါဝင်စားသူများအား ဖိတ်ခေါ်လိုပါသည်။ အပြည် ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ စားမြို ရေး ခက်ခဲ သူတို့ ၏ အစာ ရေစာ များ စံ နှုံးသတ်မှတ်ရေး လမ်းညွှန် နှင့် ပတ်သက် သော အတွေ့ အကြုံ ရှိ ရန် မလိုအပ်ပါ။ ဆက်လက် စုံစမ်း မေးမြန်းလိုပါက မြန်မာ စားမြို ရေး ခက်ခဲ သူတို့ ၏ အစာ ရေစာ များ စံ နှုံးသတ်မှတ်ရေး ကိုးကားအဖွဲ့ ကိုဆက်သွယ်နိုင်ပါသည်။
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United States: This month’s Research Update is a review of the IDDSI Framework and medication delivery, with a focus on the limitations of commercially available swallowing aids for individuals with dysphagia. Read more about the article, “Are Medication Swallowing Lubricants Suitable for Use in Dysphagia? Consistency, Viscosity, Texture, and Application of the International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative (IDDSI) Framework” by Malouh et al. and the study reveals about medication lubricants with regards to the IDDSI level classifications here. See all previous updates and learn more about the USIRG here.
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Two new international reference groups starting
1. Culinary IDDSI Reference Group – for all those who are involved with food production, cooking and recipe development of dysphagia food and drinks. Please contact us and send us your expression of interest to join the group.
2. Food Science IDDSI Reference Group – for all those who are involved with food science/technology, research and development, quality assurance of dysphagia food and drinks. Please contact us and send us your expression of interest to join the group.
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Take a look at our IDDSI Reference Group page to see what different reference groups are doing to supporting IDDSI Implementation.
Interested in starting an IDDSI reference group to help support IDDSI implementation in your regional or practice area? Contact us.
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We are excited to announce the following changes and additions to the growing list of translations of the IDDSI Framework.
· The latest Dutch translation is up for review until February here.
· At the moment, a Danish and a Slovak translation is underway.
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Webinars & IDDSI Learning
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IDDSI 101 with Greece IDDSI Reference Group
February 26, 2022
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Athens time
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The Greece IDDSI Reference Group will be hosting a live introductory overview of IDDSI, and explores implementation. Don’t miss this session!
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Porridge Around the World
February 15, 2022
9:00 AM Toronto/New York time
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Did you miss the Rice Around the World webinar that happened last week? We will re-broadcasting the webinar on February 15, 2022. Don’t miss your chance to catch the webinar!
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Just in case you missed it ...
You Can Have Happy Holidays with Dysphagia
In December, IDDSI and Laura Michael from the National Foundation of Swallowing Disorders (NFOSD) presented a special webinar focusing on patients with dysphagia and what they may face during the holiday season. Laura brought her industry and caregiver experience in diet modification, and shared tips on how to safely and joyfully celebrate the holidays when you have swallowing problems. The webinar also covered tools, tips on navigating the social and emotional aspects of the holidays, and also went over how to incorporate the IDDSI standards into the holidays. Please note rewatching the webinars on YouTube will not provide you with a Certificate of Attendance.
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Previous Webinars and Recordings
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Missed any of our other webinars? All our webinars are recorded and can be found on here, but please note rewatching the webinars on YouTube will not provide you with a Certificate of Attendance.
If you register and then cannot attend a webinar, PLEASE make sure to cancel so we may open another spot up for someone else. Thank you very much for your consideration.
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Upcoming Conferences
- United Kingdom Swallowing Research Group Virtual Conference (UKSRG), February 3 & 4, 2022
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The conference programme topics will include: Supporting clinical care/service development – international approaches, Blended diets, Rehabilitation, what is in our evidence-based tool bag, Framing of Illness, Applying physiology techniques to practice, Feeding on CPAP/HFNC – what is the evidence and what are the controversies? Register here.
- 8th Turkish Swallowing Disorders Congress, February 24 - 26, 2022
- Texas Speech-Language Hearing Association Conference, IDDSI Workshop, February 25, 2022, Fort Worth, TX, USA
- Dysphagia Research Society (DRS) Annual Meeting, March 15-18, 2022.
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Register here.
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