Background. Speech therapy is important in palliative care and endof-life care of the
geriatric population. Comfort feeding is an option for such patients, but there is no guideline …

Background: Speech and language therapists can improve the quality of life of people
receiving palliative care through the management of communication and swallowing …

Introduction: Dysphagia and communication changes are common in life-limiting conditions
and Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) involvement to facilitate effective communication …

Background: Among patients seen by palliative care, dysphagia is prevalent and can lead to
disturbing symptoms and challenges in medical decisions for patients and families. Case …

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 …

Purpose: Given minimal studies describing the role and practice of speech-language
pathologists (SLPs) in adult palliative care, the aim of this review was to compile a database …

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 …

Background: Dysphagia is common in the elderly population, and it can lead to
complications such as aspiration, undernutrition, and psychological and social interaction …

Introduction: We devised a comfort care kit (CCK) consisting of nonoral and nonparenteral
rescue medications for caregivers to use at home for symptom control in imminently dying …

Background: Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are often called upon to assess
swallowing function for older adults with advanced dementia at high risk of aspiration and …