New Solution Resource Made Available — When Patients Avoid Asking For Assistance In Facilities

Patients sometimes struggle with initiating wants and needs in facility settings for diverse reasons. It is this group of people who may benefit from this resource — from a patient perspective and from a caregiver education perspective.

This resource packet has several components for treatment discussion with the SLP, including:

• Background information on the phenomenon and possible/major factors at play;
• The outline of the other sections of the resource;
• Content important for patients and caregivers to become aware of that might change their perspective in how to proceed;
• Example phrases for caregivers to consider when it is suspected that there is an unmet need that the patient is not initiating;
• Important phrases for patients to consider in the treatment process for receiving pragmatic training for requesting;
• Important phrases for caregivers to utilize for responding when patients make attempts at initiating;
• Relationship-building words for facilitating the relay of needs from a both a patient vs. caregiver perspective; and,
• References/research citing list.

  

HANDOUT-ABLE: Solutions If Patients Avoid Asking For Assistance

 

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Wilson Nice, SLP, is the owner of Nice Speech Lady, a medical SLP platform for functional, practical and evidence-based SLP clinical resources.

Nice has been publishing complimentary tools for SLPs since February of 2018. Nice works as a medical SLP in New Mexico, as a contractor in SNFs and is a tele-practice/private practice outpatient clinic owner – serving adults and children, in Socorro, New Mexico — on a part-time basis.