Personalized Evaluation and treatment to help seniors maintain and improve their communication and swallowing abilities, which are essential for quality of life and independence.
We offer in-person speech therapy services to seniors living in Clark County and telehealth services all over the state of Washington.
Services
Swallowing
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Assess and instruct on strategies and positioning for controlling food and swallowing
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Strengthen muscles used in preparation and control of food and cough reflex for airway protection
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Diet modifications and nutritional recommendations for safer eating
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Reduce risk of aspiration, pneumonia, dehydration or malnutrition​​
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Educate caregivers on interventions for oral habilitation and hygiene
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Cognition-Communication
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Cognitive-linguistic assessment and treatment in the areas of attention, concentration, orientation, word retrieval, and executive functioning skills
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Improve communication for understanding others or expressing thoughts and feelings
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Improve reading and writing, understanding numbers, money and time
Speech Production
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Assess oral motor function and speech production
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Improve clarity and intelligibility of speech through training and exercise