Background: Difficulty swallowing is a well-documented symptom in head and neck cancer
and oesophageal malignancy. The frequency of oropharyngeal swallowing difficulties in the …

Purpose Literature to date describing the lived experience of dysphagia has predominantly
focussed on the clinical populations of stroke and head and neck cancer. The current study …

Objective For patients with dysphagia, decisions must be made for provision of nutrition and
hydration. This retrospective audit explored feeding decisions for patients with severe …

An unprecedented demographic transformation is occurring as our population ages. Those
older than age 65 represent the fastest growing segment of the population. Within this older …

Background The free water protocol (FWP) is an alternate management strategy for patients
with dysphagia, who would otherwise be nil by mouth or prescribed thickened fluids …

Objective: There are few studies concerning the differences in quality-of-life (QOL) between
palliative care patients with and without dysphagia to date. We aimed to compare the QOL …

This topic will review the evaluation and treatment of oropharyngeal dysphagia. Our
recommendations are largely consistent with the American Gastroenterological Association …

The primary goal of intervention for patients with dysphagia is to restore oral feeding. When
patients are unable to achieve adequate nutrition, hydration, or safety with oral feeding, then …

Health funding arrangements subsidised by the public purse provide a necessary conduit for
families to access private speech-language pathology (SLP) services in Australia. In …

Managing one's dysphagia at the end-of-life is challenging for the patient and the medical
care team. Decisions surrounding oral feeding safety and the use of artificially administered …