Ready for Discharge, but Are They Ready to Go Home? Examining Neighborhood-Level Disadvantage as a Marker of the Social Exposome and the Swallowing Care Process in a Retrospective Cohort of Inpatients With Dementia.
Raele Donetha RobisonNicole ButzSara GustafsonSteven WangJason FalveyMeredith Mackowicz-TorresNicole M Rogus-PuliaAmy KindPublished in: American journal of speech-language pathology (2024)
These findings raise important questions about the role and responsibility of speech-language pathologists in tailoring swallowing services to challenges posed by the lived environment, particularly in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas. This underscores the need for further research to understand and address gaps in postdischarge support for PLWD in high-ADI regions and advocate for more equitable provision of swallowing care.