PPT-Stop Shoving Thickened Liquids Down My Throat: Dysphagia in the Aging Population

Joy Carter MS CCCSLP Disclosures GSHA Member Received a Discount on GSHA registration I am not affiliated with any of the products services or publications mentioned in this presentation . Ashley Kish. outline. Background. Purpose of study. Sample. Methods. Results. Strengths & weaknesses. Ideas for further research. Applicability in dietetics practice. background. Dysphagia . Difficulty swallowing . Dietary Managers Association . Thursday February 4, 2016. . . Presented by : Jeanine O’Toole RD . . ( Corporate Dietitian Brandywine Senior Living). What is Dysphagia?. It is defined as a difficulty or discomfort in swallowing.. Dysphagia . is an . alarm. symptom that . warrants . prompt evaluation. to define the . exact . cause. and initiate . appropriate therapy..  It may be due to a . structural. or . motility. . abnormality . Tour of facility . Cog/Language Screening . MoCA. and/or SLUMS. Observe patients during mealtime. Observe Patient consuming alternate diet. Oral Motor Exam. When will we go?. You will go for 2 hours, 1x this term. Office of . N. ational Statistics, 2015 . Ageing Population in the uk. In 1948, 45% of the population died before the age of 65 years. . Today the life expectance for females is 86 years and 84 years for males. Megan Orion, MS-CCC-SLP. mlorion@anthc.org. What is “thickener”?. Any substance that can increase the viscosity of a liquid without substantially changing its other properties. . Why do we use thickener?. . Contributed by: . Hillary Cooper, M.A., CCC-SLP. &. Jessica Hill, M.S., CCC-SLP. www.medslpcollective.com. History of Thickener Use. Thickener use has historically been widely considered to be a benign intervention for dysphagia.. Christine Davis . Saskatoon Public Schools. What is Dysphagia?. intro video. What is dysphagia?. Dysphagia is a . greek. word meaning disordered eating. Dysphagia can be a serious threat to one’s health because of increased risk of aspiration pneumonia, malnutrition, dehydration, weight loss and airway obstruction. Spring. Objectives. Observe Patients during meal time. Interview Patients regarding swallowing. Oral Motor Examination . Chart Review. Begin to develop dysphagia screening skills. Swallowing Screening. 1 2 Table of Contents Content Page # D ysphagia Overview…..………………………………..3 Causes of D ysphagia…………………………………….4 Evalua Dysphagia is the inability to safely transfer food and liquid from the oral cavity to the oesophagus (. Macht. 2011). . Occurrence in the ICU:. from 3% to 62% of those patients who have been intubated (. Jamie L Johnson, MA L/CCC-SLP, BCS-S. KSHA 2019. Thursday Sept, 25, 2019. How do we start?. EVALUTIONS OF DYSPHAGIA. Clinical Swallow Evaluation. Videoswallow. Evaluation. Fiberoptic. Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallow or FEES. Dr. Kim Kuebler, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC. Assistant Program Director, College of Nursing . South University Online. Aging World 2015. International Population Reports. Released March, 2016. The US Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institutes of Aging, US Census Bureau and the US Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration released the. Yale. swallow. screen. post-test answers. Question #1. Dysphagia is defined as a dysfunction in any stage of the swallow process.. True. False. Question #2. What percentage of stroke patients have some form of dysphagia?.