Ella Aldridge, M.S., CF-SLP
Speech Language Pathology Clinical Fellow
Research Analyst, Swallowing and Salivary Bioscience Lab
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Is Lingual Strength Training Feasible in Dementia? A Qualitative Examination of Patient and Caregiver Experiences
As part of a clinical trial to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of an eight-week lingual strength training paradigm for people with ADRD, this presentation focuses on treatment feasibility and acceptability, from the perspective of patients and caregivers. Treatment-specific factors surrounding device use, instructions, and establishing treatment relevance, as well as patient-specific factors such as fatigue and requiring assistance, inform treatment feasibility. These data can be used to inform personalized treatment adaptations for each unique ADRD patient that can enhance treatment feasibility and acceptability and guide clinical implementation of lingual strengthening for patients with ADRD.
This work is supported by the Swallowing and Salivary Bioscience Lab at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin under the National Institute of Aging, grant 1K76AG068590-01