Safe and Fun Outdoor Holidays for People with Dysphagia
As summer is in full swing and most of us are spending more time grilling than cooking, it is a good opportunity to review the problems and pitfalls of safe food consistencies. It cannot be said often enough, but food is more than sustenance it is an event. Sharing...
Clinical decisions in a SNF
There is a 14th century French parable about a donkey who was equally hungry and thirsty. The parable goes, that the donkey finds itself equally distant between a bale of hay and a trough of water. Gripped with indecision of which need to satisfy first, the animal...
Why Should Your Speech-Language Pathologist Administer the BIMS?
The Brief Interview of Mental Status (BIMS) was developed to screen for the presence or absence of a cognitive impairment. The three parts of the assessment look at attention, orientation and ability to recall information. A score of 0-7 indicates severe impairment,...
Preventing Rehospitalizations: How Speech Pathology and Nursing work as partners
Last March, we had the privilege of presenting at the ACHCA convention with one of our best friends, Alicia Cantinieri from Zimmet Healthcare to discuss the collaboration between speech language pathology and nursing, specifically to reducing and preventing...
The Hidden Value of Mobile FEES
Flexible Endoscopic Evaluations of Swallowing (FEES) are an essential component of the diagnosis and treatment of dysphagia. At skilled nursing facilities, one of the many barriers to providing informed, quality care that clinicians face includes access to this...Our Dedicated Speech Pathologists:
