Eating and swallowing care disparities in persons with dementia: A conceptual framework.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Eating and swallowing difficulties are prevalent and distressing among persons living with dementia (PLWD). These challenges may be especially burdensome for PLWD in lower-resourced settings, where environmental factors such as social support, health-care infrastructure, and food access are critical for meeting quality standards of eating and swallowing care. However, clinical practices and research methods have not sufficiently focused on the lived environment to promote high-quality, socially and culturally aligned management approaches.

Methods

To address this gap, we developed a conceptual framework informed by the literature, grounded in ecological systems and fundamental cause theories, and refined through iterative discussion.

Results

Our framework

SUBMITTER: Loy RD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11863356 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature