This accessible resource offers valuable guidance for all student and practising speech and
language therapists (SLTs) who are working with older people with communication and …

Background With increasing numbers of people living with complex life-limiting
multimorbidity in the community, consideration must be given to improving the organisation …

Palliative care maximises the quality of life for people with life-limiting disease and supports
end of life care. It prevents or reduces suffering by providing effective pain management and …

Background Eating and drinking are meaningful human activities through which we give,
receive and share food and maintain social relations. Elderly people are at risk for chronic …

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 …

Purpose: It is well documented that dysphagia can negatively impact a person's quality of
life. Little, if any, formal training is given to a speech-language pathologist (SLP) in …

In recent years, treatment of cancer has made great progress, reducing mortality rates.
Nevertheless, for a growing number of long-term survivals, treatment like surgery …

This narrative literature review aimed to identify the current speech-language pathology
(SLP) service profile and service level factors influencing SLP service delivery in Australian …

Objectives There has been little research conducted to understand the essential meaning of
quality, community-based, end-of-life (EOL) care, despite the expansion of these services …