In September 2008, an article was published in the Journal of the American Medical
Directors Association criticizing current dysphagia assessment and management practices …

Objectives To define the prevalence of oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) in community-
dwelling older persons with dementia, using V-VST (Volume-Viscosity Swallow Test), the …

Oropharyngeal dysphagia and aspiration are common and important problems affecting
older people. They are also closely related, given that patients with dysphagia are at …

Purpose Dysphagia prevalence in younger community dwelling adults and across nations is
sparse. We investigated the prevalence of swallowing problems in an unselected cohort of …

Current literature on swallowing function in advanced age provides multidisciplinary
perspectives and initiatives, with clear commitment to improving quality of life for older …

This position document has been developed by the Dysphagia Working Group, a committee
of members from the European Society for Swallowing Disorders and the European Union …

Dysphagia, or difficulty in swallowing, is a condition with a strong age-related bias. Rates of
dysphagia vary due to differences in method between studies; eg, clinical history of" …

Although age-related changes place older adults at risk for dysphagia, an older adult's
swallow is not inherently impaired. In the 1960s the term presbyesophagus was coined for …

With the rapid increase in the elderly population, there is a simultaneous increased need for
care provided by family caregivers. Research in the field of head and neck cancer has …

A population-based, crosssectional study of the true prevalence of oropharyngeal dysphagia
(OD), impaired efficacy of swallowing, impaired safety of swallowing, and aspiration in the …