This article provides guidance on the integral role of physical therapy, occupational therapy
(OT), and speech language pathology (SLP) in palliative care (PC), underlining the …

Objectives Decision‐making around dysphagia management is becoming increasingly
challenging due to the complexity of contexts associated with an ageing population. The …

Background In many cases, older adults reach the end of their lives suffering from different
health conditions that interfere with their communication, limiting their opportunities to …

A lack of access to specialist palliative care (SPC) has led to a lack of clinicians' skills,
knowledge and attitudes pertinent to the management of patients with chronic conditions …

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 …

Objectives: To describe the feasibility of a chaplain-led spiritually focused life review
interview and the development of a spiritual legacy document (SLD) for patients with …

This article addresses the unique roles of social work and speech-language pathologists
(SLPs) in end-of-life and hospice care settings. The four levels of hospice care are …

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 …

Palliative care is an underutilized and often misunderstood discipline in the treatment of
patients with head and neck cancer. The key components of palliative care include …

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 …