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Application to Social Work practice

This program enhances social worker clinical practice with concepts to guide an effective plan of care, and techniques to help families promote and maintain the safety of a person with advanced dementia.

Application to Case Management

This program enhances case management with concepts to guide an effective plan of care, and techniques to help families promote and maintain the safety of a person with advanced dementia.

3 Objectives

1.  Describe three (3) objectives appropriate for a hospice plan of care.
2.  Describe three (3) types of complications from dysphagia.
3.  List the three (3) steps of a bedside dysphagia screen.
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3 Resources

1. Bours, G. Speyer, R. Lemmens, J. Limburg, M. de Wit, R. Bedside screening tests vs. videofluoroscopy or fibreoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing to detect dysphagia in patients with neurological disorders: systematic review. Journal of Advanced Nursing. March 2009. pp 477-493.
2. Tan, L. Gan, G. Hum, A. Lee, A. A Stepwise, Mixed-Method Study Approach to Identify the Barriers to Dysphagia Care in Hospice Care Nurses. Journal Hosp Palliat Nurs. 2018. 20;(1). pp 88-94.
3. Shega, J. Hougham, G. Stocking, C. Cox-hayley, D. Sachs, G. Barriers to Limiting the Practice of Feeding Tube Placement in Advanced Dementia. Journal Palliat Med. 2003. 6;(6). pp 885-893. 

Audience in Attendance

• Nurses
• Social Workers
• Case Managers
• Geriatric Case Managers
• Integrative Therapists