Dementia, Swallowing, Memory Boxes and Capacity for Decision Making – lessons from Speech Pathologists.

People with Dementia often “lose their swallow.” This is not often known yet it causes aspiration pneumonia (things going down the wrong way) and is often the reason doctors give […]
Speech Pathology: Swallow, Advance Care Plans and Decisions about Eating

Between them, Colleen Kerr and Dijana Dragicevich have seen it all. Whether you have a new diagnosis of stroke or your parent with dementia is “losing their swallow” these savvy […]