Cooperations

Swallowing as a quality/an example

Eating and drinking are of great importance for everyday quality of life in old age. This is why we are offering a training course for dedicated nursing staff on the subject of ‘Swallowing as quality’.

Description:
- Physiology of swallowing, what does our swallowing process involve? 
- Restorative measures, therapy, oral motor skills and influencing the tone
   and positioning.
- Initiation of adaptive measures, initiation of swallowing manoeuvres for liquid, mushy and solid foods.

Target group and benefits:

Your benefit
- Prevention of aspiration-related pneumonia
- Improvement in quality of life through social participation
- Achievement of food enrichment.

Procedure:

The Basics I seminar lasts 1.5 hours and is intended as ‘on the job training’ in small groups. The associated costs are €35.70 per person including materials and VAT. 
To guarantee the principle of learning by doing, the seminar takes place in groups with a maximum of 8 participants. Participants will receive a certificate at the end of the seminar.

Why speech therapy in the workplace?

As a rule, most employees are taken to the workshop by minibus at 7.30 in the morning. In the afternoon at 3.30 p.m. they are taken by bus again and sometimes don't get home until around 4.30 p.m.. It is easy to conclude that most of the employees' daily energy levels are pretty much exhausted by then. Going to a therapy session at the practice afterwards would achieve little lasting success.

Furthermore, by providing support in the workplace, we have a short line of communication with the group leader. We can follow direct feedback and developments and integrate them into the therapy concept. At the centre, we have the opportunity to work together with the physiotherapy and occupational therapy departments in order to respond more precisely to the needs of the employee.

Case study: slurred speech and overbite

An employee of the workshop has slurred speech, an incorrect swallowing pattern and an overbite (of the upper jaw).

She is in her early 30s and would like her teeth to be in a better position and her mouth to close. Our approach: Train tongue thrust and mouth closure with myofunctional exercises. During therapy, we worked on both articulation and adequate swallowing. In order to maintain and stabilise the success of the therapy, it is carried out twice a week. After 80 treatments, the swallowing disorder has been corrected and the tongue resting position is normal. That is why her wish to get braces has now been fulfilled. In order to maintain this status quo, further control exercises are required once a week.

Our work

We have our own therapy room in the workshop, where we have adapted therapy materials. (insert a picture, hyperlink to the homepage).

We work on communication, speech, language, swallowing and eating therapy. Through the therapy, employees become more co-operative in everyday life and in the group. They are better able to articulate emotions or thoughts verbally or non-verbally. Communication among each other also becomes more fluent.

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Further partners among others

SBK Cologne Mühlheim 

Senior living communities in Cologne Ehrenfeld

Short-term care at St. Agatha Hospital and senior citizens' residential communities in Cologne Niehl