Working with Adults with Eating, Drinking and Swallowing Needs

ISBN-13: 9781032311982 / Miękka / 2024 / 192 str.

Sophie MacKenzie

Opis

This practical guide encourages clinicians to treat eating, drinking and swallowing in an holistic way, keeping the client at the forefront of management. With an emphasis on clinical-decision-making and practical provision, this is an essential text for both student and qualified SLT practitioners.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1: The typical swallow

Chapter 2:  Signs and consequences of an unsafe swallow

Chapter 3: Causes of adult eating, drinking and swallowing needs: aetiologies and symptoms 

Chapter 4: Clinical assessment

Chapter 5: Instrumental assessment

Chapter 6: Management of eating, drinking and swallowing needs in adults 

Chapter 7: Psychosocial, spiritual and cultural aspects 

Chapter 8: Ethical, legal, safety and professional considerations

Chapter 9: The team around the client with EDS needs

Chapter 10: Advanced practice in working with adults with EDS needs

Chapter 11: Case studies

Test your knowledge: Indicative answers

Appendix 1: Templates for photocopying and aides mémoire

Appendix 2: Glossary and abbreviations

Appendix 3: RCSLT knowledge and competency mapping

O autorze

Sophie MacKenzie graduated from City, University of London in 1990 and has practised as a speech and language therapist in both acute and rehabilitation settings. She began her first academic role in 2007, combining clinical management of the acute SLT team at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust with teaching at the University of Greenwich and Canterbury Christ Church University on their PGDip pre-registration programme. She moved into fulltime academia in 2010 and has taught eating, drinking and swallowing to both undergraduate and postgraduate pre-registration students, as well-as post-registration Masters students at City, University of London.

In 2017 she completed her PhD which focussed on exploring spirituality with people with expressive aphasia. Person-centred and holistic care remain her passion, as well as the nurturing of future clinicians.

Sophie is currently a senior lecturer at AECC University College in Dorset, UK.