Despite the new PDPM regulations adding a new level of stress on therapists across the nation, Katie Johnson-Evers and her therapy team at a south Kansas City RehabCare facility wanted to do something special for their residents this year. The therapy staff of nine full time therapists were brainstorming ideas for Fall group therapy when ... Read More about SNF Group Therapy: A “No-Fall Festival”
Using a deck of cards for speech therapy is great because they are an easy material to carry around. Also, many different ways to use in treatment.
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Cognition goals for speech therapy include the areas of attention, memory, problem-solving, executive functions, and using compensatory strategies. Individuals with cognitive-communicative deficits may benefit from speech therapy to address these areas and improve cognitive functioning.
Through my experience working in a skilled nursing and long term care facility, I have found that patients can greatly benefit from therapy exercises and strategies to improve their breathing coordination as well as expiratory duration and strength. This in turn will positively affect their breath support, swallowing and communication skills. Patients who have are ... Read More about When Communication, Cognition And Swallowing Are Affected By Decreased Breath Support
A speech therapy group is a great addition to any SNF plan. They add functional interactions with peers and address complex goals.
Over 70 categories/groups for patients to list! Includes common categories such as clothing, fruit, vegetables, furniture and more complex categories such as bodies of water, former presidents, movies, etc. Perfect for cognitive/speech therapy with adults!
5 essential speech therapy materials for speech therapists on the go who need to treat a variety of speech, language & cognitive disorders like aphasia.
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We all have our favorite, go-to items whether at home or at work. These things are familiar and usually are something you have used a lot. Something that is reliable and flexible. I have some therapy materials that are that way for me. Any time I show up at a facility to work PRN, these ... Read More about These are a few of my favorite things….at the SNF
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When working PRN at a SNF, I often encounter patients with deficits that are apparent but have activities that are limited. Today when I was working with a patient who had apparent working memory deficits, I got an idea that took very little time to prep. I had my tablet with me of course, so ... Read More about A Quick Fix for a Working Memory Activity
As a SLP, I work PRN providing speech therapy for a company that contracts into nursing homes/SNFs. Our patient caseload is heavily weighted for cognitive therapy specifically memory, problem solving, sequencing, and attention. These qualities are ALL necessary for a patient to complete simple ADLs (activities of daily living) such as eating, brushing their teeth, ... Read More about Cognitive Activity using Peg Board for Speech Therapy in SNF
Through my experience working in a skilled nursing and long term care facility, I have found that patients can greatly benefit from therapy exercises and strategies to improve their breathing coordination as well as expiratory duration and strength. This in turn will positively affect their breath support, swallowing and communication skills. Patients who have are ... Read More about When Communication, Cognition And Swallowing Are Affected By Decreased Breath Support
Working PRN at the SNF on weekends, it can get a little lonely. I much prefer the weekdays of Christmas break and Summer break that I get to work with the entire team! Since I have known them all so long…and they know my ways…I like to leave little silly notes for them like the ... Read More about Play Ball Like an SLP
In my previous post, I showed some examples of and linked to some of my favorite apps to use in the SNF and LTC for your speech therapy sessions.Today I would like to show you another way I have used the iPad when working with patients.If you are working in the SNF setting, you know how ... Read More about More Than Just Apps: Creative and Skilled Therapy Using the iPad
Through my experience working in a skilled nursing and long term care facility, I have found that patients can greatly benefit from therapy exercises and strategies to improve their breathing coordination as well as expiratory duration and strength. This in turn will positively affect their breath support, swallowing and communication skills. Patients who have are ... Read More about When Communication, Cognition And Swallowing Are Affected By Decreased Breath Support
Get more out of the Naming Therapy app with these 10 easy aphasia activities to teach and practice strategies for word finding for anomia after stroke.
When working PRN at a SNF, I often encounter patients with deficits that are apparent but have activities that are limited. Today when I was working with a patient who had apparent working memory deficits, I got an idea that took very little time to prep. I had my tablet with me of course, so ... Read More about A Quick Fix for a Working Memory Activity
Finding speech therapy materials for adults does not have to be extensive or hard to carry. Here are my top 5 materials.
A speech therapy group is a great addition to any SNF plan. They add functional interactions with peers and address complex goals.
Are you looking for ways to tackle life skills with your students? Do you want to incorporate information from the community? Try receipts
The Functional Toolbox posts explore how we could use functional, real-life items in speech therapy, to exercise language or cognitive skills, or practice strategies that improve function. Some patients have a negative reaction to worksheets, so using functional, tangible items is another vehicle we can use to target patient-centered goals or strategies. Affiliate links from Amazon are […]
In OT, you will likely work with patients affected by decreased memory from cognitive impairment. Read on for these top aids and strategies
Follow Rinki through her day as a speech-language pathologist (SLP) at a skilled nursing facility (SNF) as she treats dementia, dysphagia, & communication.
Check out this blog post for tips and ideas for using a "what's in the bag?" activity to support early language skills in your EI sessions.
Additional activities to enrich your child's speech and language learning!
I work for a company that has more than 5 facilities that I serve in my immediate area. At this point, I have become familiar with each of their therapy rooms, activity rooms, etc. If I have a question, I am familiar enough to a handful of staff members, to locate something I need. This ... Read More about My PRN toolkit…for the SNF and Home Health
Speech therapy documentation can be tedious and time-consuming; however, it doesn't have to be! I can help you here.
Despite the new PDPM regulations adding a new level of stress on therapists across the nation, Katie Johnson-Evers and her therapy team at a south Kansas City RehabCare facility wanted to do something special for their residents this year. The therapy staff of nine full time therapists were brainstorming ideas for Fall group therapy when ... Read More about SNF Group Therapy: A “No-Fall Festival”
With productivity demands increasing and materials budgets decreasing, the web has become a fabulous tool for therapists to access and create what once was a closet full of resources for just a few dollars. Raise your hand if you like filling out those pesky little purchase orders…waiting for weeks for supplies…and then storing your supplies in ... Read More about Low Cost Adult Therapy Materials Online
Toy cars are great for developing early language skills. I've shared 5 ways you can use toy cars to support early language in your therapy sessions.
Here a new speech and language therapy activity you probably haven't thought of: using receipts in your speech activities! Receipts are a super simple, low prep way to target many different speech and language skills. Read this blog post to get lots of ideas for using receipts in speech therapy in engaging ways!
Are you looking for a free and functional therapy tool? How about a take-out menu?
These automatic speech tasks provide a quick way to help someone produce spontaneous speech.
What's it like to be a medical speech-language pathologist? Let's dig into the real side of working as a medical SLP.
