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Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Speech Therapist

Grace Diehlman, MAEd, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Louisville, KY 40245
Physical, Occupational, & Speech Therapy
Partners In Communication (PIC) specializes in providing speech, occupational, and physical therapy services to adults, teens, and children. We provide services across the state of Kentucky, including Louisville, Lexington, Richmond, Elizabethtown, and all points in between. MISSION STATEMENT: The mission of PIC is to maximize independent functioning in daily living activities through the provision of skilled and functional therapy services as well as through the provision of quality support services for persons with special needs. At the same time, we desire to build and increase friendships, socialization opportunities, decision and choice-making, and the variety of educational and enjoyable experiences of our clients, thus increasing their quality of life. In doing so, we will promote their empowerment, dignity, and self-worth. Ultimately, we strive to increase the functioning of our clients and caregivers through functional training, natural support networks, and communication. VISIONS: PIC will be a leader for provision of therapy services, therapy staffing services, and recipient-based support services for persons with disabilities or acquired head injuries. PIC will provide staffing end employment atmospheres that are conducive to quality recruitment and retention. PIC will provide client services that are functional and based on outcomes directed toward increased independence. With high quality supports and functional training, clients will be able to perform daily living activities with increased independence, ultimately decreasing future costs of supportive services.
Vicki Parker
Speech-Language Pathologist
Charlotte, NC 28277
Recommended
Develop Skills. Build Confidence.
Brain Training and Speech-Language Pathology Services The Brain Trainer works with clients as early as preschool, all the way to seniors. We believe that EVERYONE can have a better brain, regardless of their age. Our clients consist of school aged children who are struggling in the areas of math and reading or those who are excelling in school and want to be pushed to the next level. Clients who have an ADD/ADHD, Autism, Aspergers, Dyslexia or a speech and language diagnosis will also make huge changes while enrolled in one of our customized programs. Our adult clients include those who want to gain a competitive edge at work or stay sharp in retirement. We also serve adults with ADD/ ADHD, dyslexia or following a stroke or brain injury. The process begins with an assessment, administered by our director, Vicki Parker, to determine a client’s strengths and weaknesses. After the assessment, she will design, a customized training program. Clients will then begin to work with their own personal brain trainer, to strengthen weak cognitive skill areas. This is not tutoring —it is training that actually improves the brain from now and for years to come. The customized programs will be filled with activities and tasks that feel like games. You will gain fascinating insights into how the mind functions and how nearly everyone can think more quickly, clearly and creatively. It’s fun and it works. Speech Services Dr. Vicki Parker, the director of The Brain Trainer and a Speech Language Pathologist for the past 30 years, provides Speech Therapy at our facility. A speech language pathologist, evaluates and treats cog-nitive and communication disorders. Here at The Brain Trainer, we work on Cognition—the building blocks of how we think, and Communication Skills—the ability to convey our messages to others. Speech and Language Services greatly benefit those who have difficulty with listening, following directions, coming up with words or putting words together to create sentences or clarity of speech.
Denise George, MS, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
San Francisco, CA 94117
Recommended
Compassionate Care
Home-based Speech Therapy Services
My client base is primarily comprised of adults who have survived strokes and brain trauma, or those suffering from neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinsons and all types of dementia, as well as head and neck cancer. Individuals with other impairments are also seen. A general outline of services is listed, although is not limited to the following: *Swallowing disorders (dysphagia) are diagnosed and intervention is provided to: determine the safest diet level through guarded trials and diet adjustment, create home exercises to regain function, train and educate the client and caregivers in safe swallow practices/strategies and meal preparation, with the overall goal of reducing aspiration risk with the least restrictive diet. *Speech, language, and voice disorders are evaluated and treatment is given for dysarthria, apraxia, expressive and receptive aphasia, and voice difficulties due to neurologic involvement or head and neck surgery. Reading and writing deficits are also targeted for intervention, and augmentative and alternative communication devices created or recommended (low or high tech) for nonverbal patients, as well as training in use of voice prosthesis if appropriate. *Cognitive impairments including memory loss, problem solving/ reasoning, planning, orientation, and thought organization are evaluated and treatment is provided. Adaptive and environmental aids are created and patients and caregivers are trained in their use, such as memory books for those with Alzheimer's or other neurologic difficulties. *Hearing and visual impairments are addressed either in isolation or in conjunction with other deficits and patients and caregivers are assisted in obtaining and utilizing adaptive aids such as amplification devices, phones with special features, large print materials, or referrals are made to appropriate community resources. My treatment focuses on an individual's functional needs and abilities. Sessions are tailored to promote the best quality of life with the most realistic and attainable goals. I am compassionate and caring while having the flexibiltiy to adjust my intervention to address special issues as they arise. Counseling is provided for emotional adjustment to disability as needed using an intuitive and trusting approach. My goal with patients is to have them participate in their lives at the highest level possible with optimal success.
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