Journal Reviews

Risky behaviour: do care homes follow dysphagia recommendations?

5 November 2021 | | ENTA-Speech and Language Therapy | aged care, barriers, dysphagia, rural, speech-language pathology, texture-modified diets

A huge proportion of elderly people living in residential care homes will develop dysphagia. In Australia this is estimated at close to two thirds of all residents. It is the role of the speech and language therapist to make recommendations...