Video
Instructional Level: Beginner

Accreditation Information:

Course Outline:

Hour 1

  • Normal vs. Disordered swallowing
  • Dysphagia in each stage of cognitive decline
  • Feeding tubes in patients with dementia
  • Modifications to benefit patients with dementia

 

Author

Amber Heape, ClinScD, CCC-SLP, CDP

The Dual Diagnosis Conundrum: Dysphagia and Dementia

The Dual Diagnosis Conundrum: Dysphagia and Dementia

1 Hours Instructional Level: Beginner
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$16

Description:

Treating dysphagia for the patient with dementia is often challenging for therapists. This course will address common deficits in each stage of cognitive decline and review normal vs. disordered swallowing. Vital information on feeding tubes in this population will be reviewed.

Full Course Description
Treating dysphagia for the patient with dementia is often challenging for therapists. This course will address common deficits in each stage of cognitive decline and review normal vs. disordered swallowing. Vital information on feeding tubes in this population will be reviewed.

Goals & Objectives:

Course Goals:

This course is intended to instruct the professional on understanding typical characteristics of dysphagia in each stage of cognitive decline in order to plan effective therapy.

Professional Objectives:

  1. Identify distinguishing characteristics between presbyphagia and dysphagia.
  2. Recognize polypharmaceutical side effects on dysphagia for older patients with cognitive decline.
  3. Identify the evidence regarding feeding tubes for patients with end-stage dementia.

 

Goals & Objectives:

Course Goals:

This course is intended to instruct the professional on understanding typical characteristics of dysphagia in each stage of cognitive decline in order to plan effective therapy.

Professional Objectives:

  1. Identify distinguishing characteristics between presbyphagia and dysphagia.
  2. Recognize polypharmaceutical side effects on dysphagia for older patients with cognitive decline.
  3. Identify the evidence regarding feeding tubes for patients with end-stage dementia.

 

Disclosures:

SEMINAR-ON-DEMAND 

"Seminar-On-Demand" course are streamed on your web browser if the online version if purchased. Our SODs are optimized for the most current versions of Safari, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. All SOD courses are mobile ready.

Contact Hours: 1 contact hours in length (check your state’s approval status in the state specific course catalog for your profession).

Target Audience: Speech Language Pathologist

Instructional Level: Beginner

Criteria for Completion: Criteria for Completion: A score of 70% or more is considered passing. Scores of less than 70% indicate a failure to understand the material and the test will need to be taken again until a passing score has been achieved

ACHA CE Approved Provider 

This course is offered for 0.10 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).

Personnel Disclosure:

Financial – Amber Heape is employed by a large healthcare company and receives a salary. She receives payment from HomeCEU for the presentation of this course.

Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

Content Disclosure: This course does not focus solely on any specific product or service

Cancellation Policy: For activity cancellation, returns, or complaint resolution, please contact us by email help@homeceu.com or by phone at 1.800.55.4CEUS (2387). We have a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Refunds will be issued for courses that have not been completed (exam not taken), or for any course that has been rejected by your board of approval. Webinar attendance must be canceled 24 hours before the scheduled start time.

Disclosures:

SEMINAR-ON-DEMAND 

"Seminar-On-Demand" course are streamed on your web browser if the online version if purchased. Our SODs are optimized for the most current versions of Safari, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. All SOD courses are mobile ready.

Contact Hours: 1 contact hours in length (check your state’s approval status in the state specific course catalog for your profession).

Target Audience: Speech Language Pathologist

Instructional Level: Beginner

Criteria for Completion: Criteria for Completion: A score of 70% or more is considered passing. Scores of less than 70% indicate a failure to understand the material and the test will need to be taken again until a passing score has been achieved

ACHA CE Approved Provider 

This course is offered for 0.10 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).

Personnel Disclosure:

Financial – Amber Heape is employed by a large healthcare company and receives a salary. She receives payment from HomeCEU for the presentation of this course.

Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

Content Disclosure: This course does not focus solely on any specific product or service

Cancellation Policy: For activity cancellation, returns, or complaint resolution, please contact us by email help@homeceu.com or by phone at 1.800.55.4CEUS (2387). We have a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Refunds will be issued for courses that have not been completed (exam not taken), or for any course that has been rejected by your board of approval. Webinar attendance must be canceled 24 hours before the scheduled start time.