Adults with dysphagia experience difficulties swallowing food and fluids with potentially
harmful health and psychosocial consequences. Speech pathologists who manage patients …

The previous ethics column dealt with the issue of caregivers who are not able to follow
through with recommendations and strategies, putting a patient at risk. This column will …

Dysphagia evaluation and management has rapidly become the primary practice area of
medical speech pathologists since its adoption in our field less than three decades ago. As a …

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This article discusses the role of the speech-language pathologist in palliative care in
nursing homes. The aim of this paper is to help speech-language pathologists practicing in …

Management of patients with dementia and dysphagia can be very complex. These patients
may exhibit changes in behavior during meals, changes in physiology of swallow, and …

In multidisciplinary teams, each team member uses his or her own expertise to develop
individual care goals. An interdisciplinary team builds on each other's expertise to achieve …

Advances in the medical and surgical management of a range of conditions, diseases and
injuries have reduced mortality, but increased morbidity and life expectancy. Examples …

Did you know that there was initial resistance to speech-language pathologists being
involved in dysphagia? According to oral histories of post WWII Australian and British …