Angela Mansolillo – Dysphagia and Medication Management – A Hard Pill to Swallow – PESI

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Speaker: Angela Mansolillo, MA/CCC-SLP, BCS-S
Format: Audio and Video
Media Type: Digital Seminar 

Description
Sometimes it’s hard to determine what’s causing swallowing difficulty in individuals with dysphagia. Does the swallowing difficulty make it harder to take medication or are the medications impacting their ability to swallow safely? Unfortunately, this confusion leads to frequent medication errors in these clients.

In this session, Angela Mansolillo, MA/CCC-SLP, BCS-S, Board-Certified Specialist in Swallowing Disorders, will teach you medication management in individuals with swallowing disorders. You will learn how pill swallowing impacts normal swallow physiology and identify alterations, and neurological changes, that occur in individuals with dysphagia. Medication formulations will be discussed and the legal implications of practices to facilitate administration, including crushing or thickening, will be reviewed.

You will finish this session with effective tools for improving safe medication administration, mitigating side effects that impact swallowing, and reducing medication errors in people with dysphagia.

Speaker
Angela Mansolillo, MA/CCC-SLP, BCS-S, is a speech-language pathologist and Board-Recognized Specialist in Swallowing Disorders with over 21 years of experience. She is a senior speech-language pathologist at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Massachusetts where she is involved in evaluation, treatment, and program planning for adults and children with dysphagia.

Ms. Mansolillo received her Bachelor of Arts degree in communication from Rhode Island College and earned her Master of Arts in speech-language pathology from the University of Connecticut.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Angela Mansolillo has an employment relationship with Elms College and Cooley Dickinson Hospital. She is a consultant with Dysphagia Services and receives speaking honorarium from Education Resources, Inc., HomeCEUconnection.com, SpeechPathology.com, Medbridge, Respiratorytherapy.com, ContinuEd. Angela Mansolillo receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Angela Mansolillo is a member of ASHA.

Objectives

Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to…

1. Determine three potential medication modifications for people with dysphagia and their consequences.
2. Analyze three common medication side effects that can impact swallow function.
3. Devise three strategies for improving swallow safety during medication administration.
4. Implement three strategies to reduce medication errors in individuals with dysphagia.

Outline

Pill/Tablet Swallow Physiology

• What happens when we swallow a pill?

Issues in Administration for People with Swallowing Disorders

• Medication type – liquids, tablets and capsules
• Potential for medication errors
• Altering medications – easier to swallow but is it really safer?

Medication Induced Dysphagia

• Neurological impacts
• GI impacts
• Impact on salivation, dry mouth

Interventions

• Compensations and maneuvers – making swallowing easier
• Improving dry mouth
• Sensory interventions
• Reducing medication errors related to dysphagia
• New directions – changes in formulations for easier swallowing

Target Audience

• Speech-Language Pathologists
• Registered Nurses

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