SLPs on Understanding What Matters at the End of Life
About this episode
Two SLPs discuss the role of speech-language pathologists in palliative care, focusing on comfort feeding and communication access.
From comfort feeding to communication access, two SLPs discuss the important ways speech-language pathologists deliver services as part of palliative care teams. Sharing personal and professional stories, Brittany Horvath and Marissa James address informed consent, how SLPs can integrate themselves into palliative care teams, and more. Learn More: Dysphagia Management: Strengthening Skills, Overcoming Obstacles ASHA Voices: Changes and Trends in Dysphagia Treatment AJSLP: Palliative Care Training for Medical Speech-Language Pathologists: A Multiple Baseline Design Offering Comfort Feeding in Palliative Care Prioritizing Patient Voice and Choice in Dietary Decisions Transcript Support for this episode of ASHA Voices comes from Ambu and Zanda.
People in this episode
Guests: Brittany Horvath, Marissa James
Sponsors
Ambu, Zanda
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
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