Ken was a quiet older gentleman who never initiated conversation. He had a great sense of humor, and would respond with short quips, but rarely said anything to extend a…
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We can use easy discourse measures to demonstrate improvement that may not be detected by standardized measures. I don’t know about you, but I find it frustrating to know that…
Attentive Reading and Constrained Summarization (ARCS) is designed for people who have problems with word-finding, topic maintenance, or other cognitive-linguistic skills at the level of discourse. “Discourse” refers to verbal…
Goal Attainment Scaling is a goal-setting approach that is useful for both for documenting outcomes and for demonstrating those outcomes to insurance companies. How often do we know we’ve helped…
If you’re looking for an easy voice banking solution that provides a good synthesized voice, check out The Voice Keeper app. I’ve found it to be fast and easy, so…
Do your or your patient want to learn how to remember names better? Most adults I work with admit to some level of difficulty remembering names, and I’m no exception.…
Create your own single-use cognitive evaluation folders by choosing from more than 30 free assessment tools (or use your own). The earlier posts on swallowing and communication include free assessment…
Trying to evaluate communication during the COVID-19 pandemic is a challenge. Like me, you’re probably minimizing what you carry into homes (or rooms). But we still need to provide a…
Gone are the days of carrying a small library of materials into patients’ homes. Here’s how I’m making and using single-use swallow evaluation folders. Free DIRECT download: Having trouble swallowing?…
Those of us who work in healthcare have always known that “the only constant is change”, but the COVID-19 pandemic has taken things to a new level. Everyone is likely…