06/03/2026
Early SLP involvement in dementia care can help families navigate communication challenges and end-of-life decisions before urgent needs arise. 🗣️✅🫂
"SLPs sit at a unique intersection where we understand how communication changes across the disease course, we know what’s evidence-based in dysphagia and feeding management, and we often have the deepest ongoing relationships with both patients and families. That positions us—often better than other disciplines—to serve as a bridge and be the clinical thread connecting a person’s earliest expressed wishes to the care decisions made long after they can articulate those wishes themselves." -Stead. To read the full article, click the link in bio or visit: https://buff.ly/n5Jfi42
When brought in before a crisis hits, speech-language pathologists can act as a communication bridge across all stages of dementia.