Harbor Home Health Assists Southeast Texas Seniors with Speech Therapy
A stroke or injury can lead Southeast Texas seniors to requiring speech therapy for the first time. Many turn to Harbor Home Health for assistance.
Fortunately, speech therapy can often be conducted in the home as part of Home Health Care.
This is a real blessing for Southeast Texas seniors who are looking more and more for therapy and other services to be conducted in the comfort, convenience, and privacy of their own homes.
If you don’t know what to expect, here is an overview of Speech Therapy.
The primary focus of speech and language pathologists is to provide skilled clinical services through evaluation and treatment of a variety of communication problems.
With Southeast Texas seniors, these communication problems most often arise from accidents, stroke, disease, or illness.
Speech therapists also work with family members and caregivers to provide a workable plan to facilitate and maintain functional communication.
Did you know speech and language therapists can help improve swallowing skills and teach compensatory strategies that help reduce the risk of pneumonia?
Comprehensive Assessment and Treatment by a speech therapist may include:
- Speech (learning to speak again after injury or illness)
- Language
- Dysphagia (swallowing)
- Cognition ( The process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses).
- Adaptive speech devices including computerized speaking assistance
- Aural (hearing) rehabilitation
- Non-oral communication including sign language
- Patient and family education
- Communication options and alternatives
- Techniques for Eating and swallowing
If you would like to receive speech or language therapy as part of your Home Health Care, ask your doctor or call Harbor Home Health: (409) 835-1670.
Harbor Home health has some of the top professional therapists, nurses, and home attendants in Southeast Texas.
Let them put their expertise to work assisting you in achieving your best health.