… Such was my level of naivety that I thought that such specialists only got involved when
patients were transferred to hospices for the very end of life – namely the last few weeks. …

… in the patient’s care, including physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy,
and/or … forging a relationship with hospices to promote inpatient hospice care for patients with …

… hospice care providers and caregivers are a promising area of exploration, as we seek to
better understand the context of hospice care … naturally occurring speech between nurses and …

… , and the speech–language pathologist recommends a diet of … Hospice care involves providing
palliative care in the last six … Palliative care teams in the acute care setting can take many …

… to death or hospice care (black segments … palliative care unit. Terminal patients here have
opted for comfort measures only. As a means of improving quality of life during end-of-life care…

… Speech-language pathologists are increasingly consulted to address swallowing at end-of-life. …
distinct goals of the speech-language pathology evaluation in hospice care, including our …

… Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) that care for patients with dysphagia are uniquely …
the difference between palliative care and hospice care? Why don't we provide palliative care to …

… of hospice and palliative care and provides an overview of the key issues in hospice and
palliative care. … decline hospice services under the mistaken belief that hospice is a place and …

… and end-of-life … in palliative care teams, particularly when dysphagic or communicatively
impaired patients choose to have their end-of-life care take place in a hospital-based hospice or …

… are more likely to require hospice care than in previous generations. … Speech-language
pathologists (SLPs) play an integral role in facilitating positive outcomes for patients in end of life …