Tagged with:Adult Issues

  • Counselling with CLAPA

    24 Oct 2024

    Many people affected by cleft say it has an impact on their mental health. For those struggling in the CLAPA community help is at hand with a free counselling service.

  • Meet Andrew, CLAPA Peer Supporter

    24 Oct 2024

    Peer supporter Andrew was born with a cleft lip and palate. He’s now trained to help others through our peer support service to talk through issues and experiences of living with cleft as an adult.

  • Cleft@18-23 Patient and Public Involvement Group

    6 Aug 2024

    Cleft@18-23 is a new group of research projects looking at what it is like for young adults leaving regular cleft care. They are looking for adults born with a cleft aged 22-30 to join their Patient and Public Involvement Group.

  • CLAPA Launches New Young Adults Focus Group

    6 Aug 2024

    CLAPA has launched a new focus group for adults born with a cleft aged 18-15.

  • Wellbeing and Mental Health

    10 Jan 2024

  • Research Summary: Treatment Decision Making in Adults with Cleft

    27 May 2021

    This article summarises the results of a new paper on treatment decision making in adults who were born with a cleft, covering adults’ surgical experiences, feelings and concerns with dental care, desire for further treatment, and awareness of entitlement to NHS services.

  • Research Summary: Interpersonal Relationships in Adults with Cleft

    2 Mar 2021

    CLAPA's 'Whole of Life' survey in 2018 asked adults in the UK who were born with a cleft all about their experiences, including the impact of their cleft on their personal relationships. This paper looks at the results of this survey in detail and considers what the findings might mean for the UK cleft community.

  • Research Summary: Physical Wellbeing in Adults Born with a Cleft

    6 Aug 2020

    CLAPA's 'Whole of Life' survey in 2018 asked adults born with a cleft from all over the UK about their experiences, including their physical wellbeing. This paper looks at the results of this survey in detail and considers what they might mean for the future of our community.

  • Research Summary: Emotional Wellbeing in Adults Born with a Cleft

    3 May 2020

    CLAPA's 'Whole of Life' survey in 2018 asked adults born with a cleft from all over the UK about their experiences, including their emotional wellbeing. This paper looks at the results of this survey in detail and considers what they might mean for the future of our community.

  • Research Opportunity: People with Nasal Speech

    18 Mar 2020

    A Speech and Language Therapist with Salisbury Cleft Team is helping to produce and evaluate a device called a 'nasal obturator' which is designed to help people with nasal speech.