How many times have you had a dysphagia patient that is at the end of their life and someone suggests a PEG? Maybe they still want to eat, because food makes their life enjoyable, but they don't want to be a DNR? What's the SLP's role in the decision-making process in...
What exactly is the SLP’s role in palliative care patients? And what’s the deal with waivers, AMA, non-compliance, and informed consent? Which patients are good candidates for PEG tubes? Which ones aren’t? And who decides who gets one? These are all questions that...
This week’s guests are Lyndsay Parker and Morgan Mendenhall, a SLP + RDN sister duo! Together, they will cover what it means when our roles shift from rehabilitative to supportive, the pathophysiology behind what happens to our hunger and thirst drives at the end of...
Dr. Barnett is a palliative care physician who knows a thing or two about having empathetic conversations and delivering difficult news. What’s inside this episode: -How we in healthcare make assumptions about what a patient/family know and/or want to know -How we...
From bedside to home health, speech pathologists do it all. We are expected to walk into a room and be the expert on disorders we may have only just learned about. What is it like to work in all of the various settings? How do we stay on top of all of the information...
Wondering what the real difference is between palliative care and hospice? Or when a PEG is worth all the trouble we know they cause? Caitlin Saxtein shares research and information on these topics and more. One study found that 78% of SLPs thought that PEGs were OK...
