OSCAR Care Group24 hours agoIce Cream, an unsuspecting choking riskAs the temperature drops and frosty mornings begin, on comes the heaters, hot foods and drinks, and nights rugged up in blankets....
OSCAR Care GroupJul 9How Speech Pathologists can support you with your mealtimesA lot of us look forward to eating food and enjoying our mealtimes every single day. For some, eating food is more than just fuelling the...
OSCAR Care GroupMay 22Supporting Swallowing and Communication for People with Huntington’s DiseaseHuntington’s disease is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease that causes nerve cells in parts of the brain to die. It is estimated...
OSCAR Care GroupMay 1How to best communicate with someone with DementiaDementia can affect how individuals both express themselves and understand the information that is communicated to them. This may result...
OSCAR Care GroupMar 13Dysphagia: To Thicken or not to ThickenThickened fluids play a key role in the management of swallowing difficulties, clinically known as dysphagia, but are they the best...
OSCAR Care GroupFeb 15A message from our Managing Director, Nicole BuettelWe are already halfway through February 2024! What a journey we had in 2023. Still coming out of the COVID fog, we have called 2023 the...
OSCAR Care GroupJan 29Supporting children with their language development in childcareLanguage development not only affects how a child will communicate, but will also support various areas of a child’s development, such as...
OSCAR Care GroupAug 20, 2023Peanut Butter: A Sticky Situation for people with dysphagiaPeanut butter is a first choice for many when it comes to the array of spreads available to us, especially on toast for breakfast or a...
OSCAR Care GroupJun 8, 2023Can swallowing assessments be conducted via telehealth? Telehealth is a rapidly growing space for our allied health professionals, specifically when it comes to our Speech Pathology practice at...