… Speech-language pathologists, among other health care providers… liability for substandard
care from health care providers to patients, … In this section of the tutorial, we discuss dysphagia …

… Once again, the limited staffing of both nurses and SLPs in the South African context impacts
the ability to ensure that all patients at risk for dysphagia have access to the diligent care …

… In conclusion, dysphagia rehabilitation in an acute-care setting is requested by the
medical doctors of different departments because of its high prevalence; skilled SLPs and …

… In conclusion, SLPs treat ALS patients across a variety of care settings and are aware of …
dysphagia. There is agreement among SLPs that clinical assessment/screening for dysphagia …

… health care system hundreds of millions of dollars each year. Wide spread tele-dysphagia …
of consideration by stakeholders in the health care system and university training programs. …

… health care professionals who are not speech language pathologists to identify dysphagia
and … tertiary care hospital, interrater and test-retest reliabilities of a new tool (the Acute Stroke …

… to quality of care for dysphagia: time and conflicting schedules, lack of speech-language
pathologists because of location or lack of knowledgeable speech-language pathologists, …

… The evaluation and treatment of dysphagia as part of the scope of speechlanguage pathology
… Speechlanguage pathologists must distinguish true noncompliance from barriers to care …

… problem, the speech-language pathologist also identifies the … A simple screening tool for
dysphagia such as the one … using this tool, health care professionals can rely on geriatric …

… who provided speech therapy services as part of standard care, … with dysphagia and co-occurring
speech and language … of the presenting speech, language and swallowing conditions. …