Speech-language pathologists require a specialized set of skills to treat end of life (EOL)
patients with dysphagia. SLPs must advance their diagnostic and prognostic skills, adapt …

Speech-language pathologists require a specialized set of skills to treat end of life (EOL)
patients with dysphagia. SLPs must advance their diagnostic and prognostic skills, adapt …

Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) that care for patients with dysphagia are uniquely
aware of the physiology of swallowing and how important eating is to patients and their …

A speech-language pathologist assessing swallowing function may determine that an
individual is no longer able to meet his or her nutritional needs safely through oral feeding …

Speech–language pathologists (SLPs) provide services to patients confronting the end of
life (EOL) in a variety of settings. Instead of targeting improvement of health or sustaining life …

As speech-language pathologists, our professional duties increasingly include providing
dysphagia services to patients who have reached an advanced age and who have the …

Purpose Dysphagia is common in the last days of life (Bogaardt et al., 2015). Patients
themselves, their families and caregivers, and health care professionals often struggle to …

Nutrition and hydration are emotive topics in many fields of health care. This can present
particular challenges towards the end of life where reduced hydration and nutritional needs …

Speech-language pathologists (SLP) who treat patients with dysphagia may at some point
work with persons who are dying. The purpose of this article is to provide a legal and ethical …

Brenda Arend: The main thing I'd want you to take away is the shift in focus from “rehab” to
“palliative” goals of care. It is there that we have the freedom to use what we know with our …