… The symptom of dysphagia can be one of the pivotal symptoms prompting the decision to
consider hospice care. The speech-language pathologist may be called upon by the hospice …

… care. The goals of this article are to review the role and benefits of rehabilitation in hospice
and palliative care… Pollens R: Role of speech-language pathologist in palliative hospice care. …

… Hospice and palliative care play a vital role in the final stages of a person’s life by promoting
dignity and comfort in a range of settings while maintaining QoL plus adopting family …

… The SLP and the patient discussed tube feeding versus hospice with comfort feeding. The
patient's … The patient declined tube feeding and chose hospice care. To reduce her need for …

… Hospice care is considered a subset of palliative care. A person becomes eligible for hospice
care under the Medicare benefit when it is determined that his or her life expectancy is 6 …

… When hospice care is provided in the home, hospice professionals come to the home to …
Most hospices do not have a speechlanguage pathologist on staff, although they may have one …

… Those subsequently selected for the study were receiving hospice care as in-patients
and were beyond the first day of admission. It was also important that they could respond to …

… Patients receiving palliative and hospice care experience … of most palliative and hospice
care patients to remain … in the palliative and hospice care settings. Studies demonstrate that …

… The role of physical, occupational and speech therapy in hospice: patient empowerment.
Am J Hospice Palliat Care 2001;18(6):397–402. doi: 10.1177/104990910101800609 …

… care coordinator; clergy; social worker; and volunteers (Blues & Zerwekh, 1984). Under
Medicare regulations, hospice care … , occupational, and speech-language therapy; home health …