Abstract
The article presents main specifics of speech and language therapy for patients with dysphagia at post-acute care. Patients hospitalized at post-acute and long-term care often suffer from polymorbidity, geriatric frailty, many have cognitive deficit.
The core of speech and language therapy of dysphagia for these patients is mainly passive rehabilitation techniques and treatment measures. The interdisciplinary cooperation with physicians, physiotherapists and mainly nurses and attendants and often also family members is crucial for successful implementation of the measures.
The main aim of the article is to analyse more in detail, on the grounds of personal professional experience of the author, the above mentioned specifics and introduce main time-tested methods of speech and language therapy for patients with dysphagia at post-acute care.