Speech-Language Disorders in the Healthcare Setting
1. What phase of illness is in Acute Care Hospital? Examples? How long is
the stay?: - critical or severe phase of illness
- Includes specialized units and ICUs
- Short term (3-10 DAYS)
2. What does an SLP do in medical/healthcare settings (3 points): -
Primarily diagnosis and recommendations
- Patient's first therapy experience (limited)
- Large role in patient and family education
3. What's another word for acute inpatient rehab (2): 1. Rehab hospitals
2. Intensive therapy units
4. What phase of illness is a patient at in acute inpatient rehab? How is
their endurance? What types of teams are there?: - past acute (critical)
phase of illness: not worried about death
- increased endurance for therapy
- involved in rehab/intensive therapy
- seen by interdisciplinary team
5. In acute inpatient rehab, how often are they given therapy? How long
do they stay?: - given therapy daily for a total of 3-5 hours in all
disciplines
- they stay 2-6 weeks (but it depends on the insurance or injuries)
6. What's one way to remember sub-acute rehab?: Sub: coming down!
Sub = under
7. What phase of illness is the patient at in sub-acute rehab? How intensive
is the therapy?: - past acute phase of illness
- less intensive therapy program involving interdisciplinary team
8. Where does sub-acute rehab take place? How often are they seen by
SLP? How long is the stay?: - takes place in nursing home setting
- seen by SLP 3-5 times per week
- stay 1-5 months (some patients are long term residents if they
cannot improve enough to go home)
9. Example of sub-acute rehab: Maybe they already did intensive
therapy and wanna focus on other stuff (i.e. OT) or they can't do it
yet
10.Where does patient live at outpatient setting? Where is therapy?: - live
at home
- therapy at hospital or nursing home outpatient department
11.What phase of illness is a patient in at outpatient setting? How often
are they seen? How intensive? How long?: - usually healthier than other
locations
1/
, Speech-Language Disorders in the Healthcare Setting
- seen 1-3 times per week
- less intensive rehabilitation
- length of treatment is variable (what is needed and insurance)
2/
1. What phase of illness is in Acute Care Hospital? Examples? How long is
the stay?: - critical or severe phase of illness
- Includes specialized units and ICUs
- Short term (3-10 DAYS)
2. What does an SLP do in medical/healthcare settings (3 points): -
Primarily diagnosis and recommendations
- Patient's first therapy experience (limited)
- Large role in patient and family education
3. What's another word for acute inpatient rehab (2): 1. Rehab hospitals
2. Intensive therapy units
4. What phase of illness is a patient at in acute inpatient rehab? How is
their endurance? What types of teams are there?: - past acute (critical)
phase of illness: not worried about death
- increased endurance for therapy
- involved in rehab/intensive therapy
- seen by interdisciplinary team
5. In acute inpatient rehab, how often are they given therapy? How long
do they stay?: - given therapy daily for a total of 3-5 hours in all
disciplines
- they stay 2-6 weeks (but it depends on the insurance or injuries)
6. What's one way to remember sub-acute rehab?: Sub: coming down!
Sub = under
7. What phase of illness is the patient at in sub-acute rehab? How intensive
is the therapy?: - past acute phase of illness
- less intensive therapy program involving interdisciplinary team
8. Where does sub-acute rehab take place? How often are they seen by
SLP? How long is the stay?: - takes place in nursing home setting
- seen by SLP 3-5 times per week
- stay 1-5 months (some patients are long term residents if they
cannot improve enough to go home)
9. Example of sub-acute rehab: Maybe they already did intensive
therapy and wanna focus on other stuff (i.e. OT) or they can't do it
yet
10.Where does patient live at outpatient setting? Where is therapy?: - live
at home
- therapy at hospital or nursing home outpatient department
11.What phase of illness is a patient in at outpatient setting? How often
are they seen? How intensive? How long?: - usually healthier than other
locations
1/
, Speech-Language Disorders in the Healthcare Setting
- seen 1-3 times per week
- less intensive rehabilitation
- length of treatment is variable (what is needed and insurance)
2/
