Serious illness often requires clinicians to shift their focus from restoring function to supporting comfort, communication, and quality of life. In this course, Caitlin Saxtein, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, CBIS, and Christine Gallo, LCSW, ACHP-SW, GC-C, introduce rehabilitation clinicians to the principles of palliative care and the vital role speech-language pathologists play in helping patients and families navigate serious illness across the continuum of care.
Participants will learn to distinguish between palliative care, hospice care, and restorative rehabilitation while gaining a clearer understanding of the SLP's role within interdisciplinary palliative care teams. The presenters also discuss communication strategies, collaborative decision-making, and quality-of-life considerations that guide patient-centered care across a variety of medical settings.
Whether you work in acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, skilled nursing, home health, or another medical setting, this course will help you approach difficult conversations with greater confidence and better understand how rehabilitation can support what matters most to patients and their families.
Participants will learn to distinguish between palliative care, hospice care, and restorative rehabilitation while gaining a clearer understanding of the SLP's role within interdisciplinary palliative care teams. The presenters also discuss communication strategies, collaborative decision-making, and quality-of-life considerations that guide patient-centered care across a variety of medical settings.
Whether you work in acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, skilled nursing, home health, or another medical setting, this course will help you approach difficult conversations with greater confidence and better understand how rehabilitation can support what matters most to patients and their families.
