Speech-Language Pathologist's Guide to Home Health Care.

• Author: Pierce, Roberta.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 1999.; ©1999.
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 pages)

Contains reference materials, patient and family counseling and education materials, and treatment activities that are useful for working with the adult neurogenic population in various healthcare settings. This book provides coverage of diagnostics, documentation, counseling the patient and family, treatment procedures, and therapy activities.

Table of Contents

Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- There's No Place Like Home -- The Home Health Care Team -- Advantages of Home Health Speech-Language Pathology -- Disadvantages of Home Health Speech-Language Pathology -- Chapter 2 TYPES OF IMPAIRMENTS -- Aphasia -- Apraxia -- Dysarthria -- Right-Hemisphere Impairment -- Traumatic Brain Injury -- Dysphagia -- Laryngectomy -- Degenerative Neuromuscular Diseases -- Chapter 3 DIAGNOSTICS -- Purposes -- Determining the Patient's Present Level of Functioning -- Identifying Abilities and disabilities -- Defining Communication Deficits for Later Comparison to Document Improvement -- Establishing a Plan of Treatment -- Determining the Prognosis for Improvement -- Counseling the Patient and Family -- Testing Procedures -- Pierce Language Screening Battery -- Chapter 4 DOCUMENTATION -- Introduction -- Information that Must Be in the Patient's Chart -- Documentation Requirements -- Tips on Documentation -- Specialized Documentation Requirements for Dysphagia -- The Diagnostic Report -- SOAP Notes: Daily Treatment Notes -- Progress Reports -- Discharge Summary Reports -- Chapter 5 COUNSELING THE PATIENT AND FAMILY -- Introduction -- Traumatic Effect of Sodden Onset -- Frustration of Inability to Care for Self -- Fears of Having to Depend upon Others -- Abuse of Informed Consent -- Loss of Companionship: Shattered Dreams -- Financial Concerns -- Patient and Family Education -- Suggestions for Caregivers -- Useful Resources for Patient and Family Counseling and Patient and Family Education -- Chapter 6 TREATMENT PROCEDURES -- Principles of Therapy -- The Realities of Recovery -- Guidelines for the Clinician -- Therapy for Auditory Comprehension Deficits -- Therapy for Reading Comprehension Deficits -- Therapy for Expressive Language Deficits -- Therapy for Motor Speech Deficits.

Therapy for Dysphagia -- Chapter 7 THERAPY ACTIVITIES: LANGUAGE -- Communication Booklet -- Functional Phrases -- Sentence Completion: Body Parts -- Sentence Completion: Places -- Sentence Completion: Household Objects -- Sentence Completion: Common Objects -- Sentence Completion: Verlong -- TV Shows: Completion -- Phrase Completion -- Things that Go Together -- Opposites -- City/State -- Everyday Objects -- Occupations -- Proverbs -- Consequences -- Brand Names -- Shopping Spree -- Famous People -- Sports Celebrities -- Categories: Level 1 -- Categories: Level 2 -- Categories -- Tourist Attractions -- What's Wrong? -- What's Wrong? -- Idiomatic Expressions -- Multiple Meanings -- Three-Item Memory -- Important Dates -- Weather Five-Day Forecast -- Writing Checks -- Newspaper Index -- Medications -- Doctors' Building -- Street Signs -- Cooking Directions -- Television Program Guide -- Restaurant Menu -- Chapter 8 THERAPY ACTIVITIES: ARTICULATION -- Initial / m / -- Medial / m / -- Final / m / -- Initial / p / -- Medial / p / -- Final / p / -- Initial / h / -- Medial / h / -- Final / h / -- Initial / f / -- Medial / f / -- Final / f / -- Initial / v / -- Medial / v / -- Final / v / -- Initial / t / -- Medial / t / -- Final / t / -- Initial / d / -- Medial / d / -- Final / d / -- Initial / l / -- Medial / l / -- Final / l / -- Initial / n / -- Medial / n / -- Final / n / -- Initial / k / -- Medial / k / -- Final / k / -- Initial / g / -- Medial / g / -- Final / g / -- Initial / s / -- Medial / s / -- Final / s / -- Initial, Medial, and Final / z / -- Initial / sh / -- Medial / sh / -- Final / sh / -- Initial / ch / -- Medial / ch / -- Final / ch / -- Initial / j / -- Initial / y / -- Initial / w / -- Initial / r / -- Medial / r / -- Final / r / -- Initial / h / -- Initial /th / -- Medial / th / -- Final / th / -- / br / -- / cr / -- / dr / -- / fr /.

/ gr/ -- / pr / -- / tr / -- / bl / -- / cl / -- / fl / -- / gl / -- / pl / -- / sl / -- / sk / -- / sm / -- / sn / -- / sp / -- / st / -- / sw / -- Three-Syllable Words/Sentences -- Four-Syllable Words/Sentences -- Five-Syllable Words/Sentences -- Appendix -- ASHA Guidelines for the Delivery of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Services in Home Care -- Form HCEA-485: Home Health Certification and Plan of Treatment -- Form HCFA-486: Medical Update and Patienr Information -- Bibliography -- Index.