{"id":11508,"date":"2023-03-03T14:36:56","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T14:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/?p=11508"},"modified":"2023-04-03T11:58:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T10:58:59","slug":"ccri-seminar-yoxall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/ccri-seminar-yoxall\/","title":{"rendered":"CCRI Seminar Series – ‘How clinical practice, ergonomics, engineering and design methods have interacted in the development of a dysphagia tool, influenced its function and design and aided its development into a commercial reality’ with Professor Alaster Yoxall (ADMRC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CCRI<\/a><\/p>\n

Please join us on Wednesday 08 March 2023<\/strong>\u00a0for our next CCRI-wide seminar as part of the Culture & Creativity Research Institute Seminar Series<\/strong>, where we will be hearing from the ADMRC<\/a>‘s Professor Alaster Yoxall<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Woman<\/a>

Woman with fluid thickness tool – courtesy of Professor Alaster Yoxall<\/p><\/div>\n

How clinical practice, ergonomics, engineering and design methods have interacted in the development of a dysphagia tool, influenced its function and design and aided its development into a commercial reality<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Dysphagia (difficulties with swallowing) has been associated with high case fatality and poor functional outcomes and puts patients at risk of aspiration, pneumonia, dehydration and malnutrition. Dysphagia is a highly prevalent clinical condition affecting up to half of people with stroke 60\u201380% of individuals with neurodegenerative diseases, 10\u201330% of adults aged 65 years and above and over 51% of institutionalized elderly patients.<\/p>\n

Current practice has frequently involved modification of diet and fluids. Liquids are commonly thickened by adding a commercial thickening agent to the drink to increase the consistency.\u00a0The level of thickness of the fluid required by each patient varies. Some patients require only a slightly more thickened fluid than normal to prevent aspiration, whereas other patients require their fluids to be at the consistency of, for example, custard. Variability of consistency of the fluids given to patients in busy hospital wards and care settings is a frequent occurrence and is often given little thought by the care givers. This lack of consistency may contribute to the patient experiencing medical complications and delayed hospital discharge.<\/p>\n

Over the last four years with two tranches of funding from the Abbeyfield Research Foundation, a diverse team from Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust, the ADMRC and AWRC have developed a tool that can easily identify the various fluid thicknesses, quickly, cheaply, will work in a care home or residential home setting and most importantly reduces user error.<\/p>\n

This presentation looks at how clinical practice, ergonomics, engineering and design methods have interacted in the development of the tool and influenced its function and design leading to its development into a commercial reality.<\/p>\n

CCRI Seminar Series – How clinical practice, ergonomics, engineering and design methods have interacted in the development of a dysphagia tool, influenced its function and design and aided its development into a commercial reality<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>with Professor Alaster Yoxall<\/strong>
\nWednesday 08 March 2023, 1300-1400<\/strong>
\nHeld online<\/strong>
\nIf you’d like to come along please contact ! RIS Culture & Creativity RI Enquiries<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n

\"Picture<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Professor Alaster Yoxall<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Alaster Yoxall is a Professor of Packaging Ergonomics in the Art, Design & Media Research Centre (ADMRC<\/a>), involved in the ‘Inclusive Design’ of packaging for over 12 years. Alaster was the UK’s technical expert in the development of ISO 17480 Packaging Accessibility guidelines and has extensive experience in measuring people’s capabilities, observing people opening packaging and developing solutions. Alaster is currently involved in a number of projects working with academia, business and healthcare professionals to improve packaging accessibility, and particularly interested in how older people and people with disabilities consume food and drink.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n

About the CCRI Seminar Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are currently relaunching our successful seminar series, continuing the regular insights into our researchers and the research we do in the Culture & Creativity Research Institute we explored with our previous C3RI Seminar Series<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

If you are interested in giving your own seminar about your research or would like to volunteer to hold a seminar session more geared towards staff development, please let us know at ! RIS Culture & Creativity RI Enquiries<\/a>. You can find out about future seminars on the CCRI Impact Blog pages for 2022-2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It is our aim to record our research seminars and we will make recordings available shortly afterwards on the staff intranet, in order to create an archive of our speakers and seminars.<\/p>\n

\"CCRI<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Please join us on Wednesday 08 March 2023\u00a0for our next CCRI-wide seminar as part of the Culture & Creativity Research Institute Seminar Series, where we will be hearing from the ADMRC‘s Professor Alaster Yoxall. How clinical practice, ergonomics, engineering and design methods have interacted in the development of a dysphagia tool, influenced its function and design and aided its development […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8633,"featured_media":11523,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[103],"tags":[1648,169,1968,129,974,1973,607,1971,1972,170],"class_list":["post-11508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-admrc","tag-alaster-yoxall","tag-ccri-seminar-series-2022-2023","tag-design-research","tag-dysphagia","tag-fluid-thickness","tag-healthcare-research","tag-packaging-design","tag-packaging-ergonomics","tag-packaging-research"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2023\/02\/ADMRC-Logo-Alaster-Yoxall-and-fluid-thickness-tool-Seminar-banner-small.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8oFHo-2ZC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10502,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/ccri-seminar-series-alaster-yoxall\/","url_meta":{"origin":11508,"position":0},"title":"CCRI Seminar Series – ‘Just My Cup of Tea: Understanding How Cup Design Affects Drinking Ease for Older Adults’ with Professor Alaster Yoxall (ADMRC)","author":"Ian Braddick","date":"05\/10\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Please join us on Wednesday 13 October\u00a0for our next CCRI-wide seminar as part of the Culture & Creativity Research Institute Seminar Series, where we will be hearing from the Art, Design & Media Research Centre's Professor Alaster Yoxall on his research in design and ergonomics with respect to an ageing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Events"","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/category\/events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Seminar banner - Picture of Alaster Yoxall, ADMRC logo and picture of woman with mug being filmed","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2021\/10\/ADMRC-Logo-Alaster-Yoxall-and-Woman-with-mug-Seminar-banner-Blog.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2021\/10\/ADMRC-Logo-Alaster-Yoxall-and-Woman-with-mug-Seminar-banner-Blog.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2021\/10\/ADMRC-Logo-Alaster-Yoxall-and-Woman-with-mug-Seminar-banner-Blog.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2021\/10\/ADMRC-Logo-Alaster-Yoxall-and-Woman-with-mug-Seminar-banner-Blog.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6022,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/lunchtime-seminar-alaster-yoxall\/","url_meta":{"origin":11508,"position":1},"title":"Wednesday 20 February 2019 – Lunchtime seminar with Professor Alaster Yoxall (Professor of Packaging Ergonomics)","author":"Ian Braddick","date":"05\/02\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Speaker:\u00a0Professor Alaster Yoxall\u00a0(Professor of Packaging Ergonomics) Title:\u00a0Designing a tool for determining the thickness of fluids for patients with dysphagia using a mixed-methods approach Between 50 and 75% of residents in nursing homes have swallowing difficulties. For frail older adults difficulties with eating and drinking can be life threatening and possibly\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Events"","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/category\/events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Images for Professor Alaster Yoxall's C3RI Research Seminar - courtesy of Alaster Yoxall","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2019\/02\/2019-02-06-YOXALL-Seminar-Dysphagia.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2019\/02\/2019-02-06-YOXALL-Seminar-Dysphagia.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2019\/02\/2019-02-06-YOXALL-Seminar-Dysphagia.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2019\/02\/2019-02-06-YOXALL-Seminar-Dysphagia.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5170,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/alaster-yoxall-professorship\/","url_meta":{"origin":11508,"position":2},"title":"Professorship awarded to Alaster Yoxall","author":"Ian Braddick","date":"25\/07\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\u200bWe are pleased to announce that Alaster Yoxall\u00a0has been recognised by the Professoriate Committee for his outstanding contribution to Sheffield Hallam and beyond, and now holds the Professorship of Packaging Ergonomics. Alaster has been involved in the 'Inclusive Design' of packaging for a little over 12 years. He was the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Image of Alaster Yoxall","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2018\/07\/YOXALL-2018-07-Professorship.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2018\/07\/YOXALL-2018-07-Professorship.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2018\/07\/YOXALL-2018-07-Professorship.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2018\/07\/YOXALL-2018-07-Professorship.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":777,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/research-seminar-alaster-yoxall\/","url_meta":{"origin":11508,"position":3},"title":"Wednesday 15 February 2017 – lunchtime seminar with Dr Alaster Yoxall (Design Futures, SHU)","author":"Alison Honnor","date":"15\/02\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Speaker: Dr Alaster Yoxall (Principle Research Fellow in Human Centred Engineering, Design Futures) Title: \u201cThe Good The Bad and the Ugly\u201d: Understanding the role of single portion packaging and nutrition in a hospital environment Alaster has been involved in the 'Inclusive Design' of packaging for a little over 10 years\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Events"","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/category\/events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Image of opening single portion packaging","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2017\/01\/2017-02-15-YOXALL-problem-packaging.gif?fit=400%2C300&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2836,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/alaster-yoxall-rip-off-britain\/","url_meta":{"origin":11508,"position":4},"title":"Design Futures’ Dr Alaster Yoxall featured on Rip Off Britain","author":"Ian Braddick","date":"31\/03\/2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Packaging expert Dr Alaster Yoxall joins Gloria Hunniford and a trio of British bodybuilders including the current Mr Universe to examine packaging accessibility on Rip Off Britain. One of the problem products the team examine is the much-loved crumpet, with packaging which proves too tricky for two out of three\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Still from Rip Off Britain - episode featuring Alaster Yoxall","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2017\/09\/YOXALL-2014-03-Rip-Off-Britain.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2017\/09\/YOXALL-2014-03-Rip-Off-Britain.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2017\/09\/YOXALL-2014-03-Rip-Off-Britain.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2017\/09\/YOXALL-2014-03-Rip-Off-Britain.jpg?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3191,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/alaster-yoxall-cost-sector-catering\/","url_meta":{"origin":11508,"position":5},"title":"Design Futures’ Dr Alaster Yoxall discusses food packaging in the NHS","author":"Ian Braddick","date":"09\/10\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Update: Alaster's work was featured in Elite Business where the finding of his research found that 20% of the older age group will switch brands rather than struggle to open a carton or bottle. Healthcare catering operators, NHS buyers and suppliers are being urged to use their influence to help\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Wrap Rage: Food Openability","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2017\/03\/YOXALL-Wrap-Rage-1-e1490955506108.jpg?fit=1188%2C389&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2017\/03\/YOXALL-Wrap-Rage-1-e1490955506108.jpg?fit=1188%2C389&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2017\/03\/YOXALL-Wrap-Rage-1-e1490955506108.jpg?fit=1188%2C389&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2017\/03\/YOXALL-Wrap-Rage-1-e1490955506108.jpg?fit=1188%2C389&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2017\/03\/YOXALL-Wrap-Rage-1-e1490955506108.jpg?fit=1188%2C389&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11508"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11532,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11508\/revisions\/11532"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}