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 …

Purpose The purpose of this clinical focus article is to discuss palliative care for patients with
dysphagia who also have a comorbid condition of dementia. It reviews the nature of …

Objective: There are few studies concerning the differences in quality-of-life (QOL) between
palliative care patients with and without dysphagia to date. We aimed to compare the QOL …

This chapter will address the problems of people with impaired communication and/or
related oral and pharyngeal stage swallowing difficulties (dysphagia and saliva control), and …

Introduction: Many of the symptoms presented by palliative patients culminate in dysphagia
and communication disorders. Purpose: To analyze the opinion of palliative care patients …

Following an audit to determine the standards of the assessment and management of
dysphagia within the Wisdom Hospice, a standardized, multidisciplinary dysphagia policy …

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 …

Dysphagia is a common acute and long-term side effect of curative, non-surgical treatment
for head and neck cancer (HNC). Despite what is known about dysphagia associated with …

This article defines palliative care for swallowing disorders as treatment for severe and
chronic dysphagia or intractable aspiration when the recovery of normal swallowing is not …