With the rising incidence of dysphagia in older people in hospitals (Leder and Suiter, 2009),
geriatricians are more frequently seeking advice from their multidisciplinary team colleagues …

As a first step in developing a safer approach to risk feeding, I conducted a review of seven
patients on a ward for older people in an acute care hospital who were referred to speech …

People with dementia frequently develop dysphagia (swallowing impairment), which causes
them to be at high risk of aspiration pneumonia, resulting in hospital admissions. These …

Objective: Where swallowing difficulties are chronic or progressive, or a patient is palliative,
tube feeding is often not deemed appropriate. Instead, patients continue to eat and drink …

Introduction: The association between dysphagia and malnutrition can be explained by the
fact that dysphagia directly impairs the ability to eat and drink, reduces dietary intake of …

Methods: This study is part of the annual multi-center prevalence measurement of care
Problems (LPZ). Data were collected by using a standardised questionnaire at patient …

According to Age UK, over 3 million people across the UK are either malnourished or at risk
of malnourishment, of which over 1 million are over the age of 65 (Age UK, 2017). Over 30 …

Abstract Background Life expectancy in Ireland has increased, leading to older adults with
increasingly complex health needs, including dysphagia. Reportedly, dysphagia affects 30 …

The incidence of dysphagia in the chronic care setting is high. As many as one-third [1] to
one-half [2] of the residents are liable to experience dysphagic symptoms. If those with …

Background Dysphagia, particularly sarcopenic dysphagia, is frequent in frail older patients.
Sarcopenic dysphagia is a swallowing disorder caused by sarcopenia, corresponding to a …