… Palliative care aims to reduce symptoms, and thereby to improve health-related quality of
life (HRQoL). Symptoms mainly include dysphagia due to obstruction of the oesophageal …

… generally in the terminal phase,6 with the wider palliative care population9 and through …
receiving specialist palliative care. In order for us to understand the effect of dysphagia we must …

… Further, SLPs report anecdotally that they are not routinely involved in palliative care and …
term care understand what palliative care is and how we may provide palliative dysphagia care …

… to dysphagia and dietary modifications in the palliative care setting. A total of 14 PCGs
were interviewed and asked to share their thoughts and feelings about patients dysphagia …

… Services may be provided in a range of clinical settings, Citation37 including hospitals, in …
Dysphagia management Dysphagia management in palliative care still includes assessment …

… palliative care for patients with dysphagia who also have a comorbid condition of dementia.
It reviews the nature of palliative care … of palliative care, hospice care, and rehabilitative care. …

… through to assist in best practice care for their patient? What is the difference between
palliative care and hospice care? Why don't we provide palliative care to patients at the initial …

… In one study, 10% of palliative care consults centered around issues directly related to …
timing for palliative care consults in the setting of acute stroke. We hypothesized that dysphagia in …

… This article introduces SLPs to some of the important considerations for legal and ethical
palliative care, but is not intended to be directive. SLPs are encouraged to explore their local …

… Speech therapy is important in palliative care and endof-life care of the geriatric
population. … in dysphagia management and comfort feeding in patients on palliative care. …