An Interactive Workshop on Managing Dysphagia in Older Adults With Dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Nearly six million American adults live with dementia, and dysphagia is a common comorbidity impacting their nutrition and quality of life. There is a shortfall in the number of geriatricians available to care for older adults. Thus, primary care physicians should be equipped with the knowledge to adequately care for the geriatric population. Modified diets are routinely prescribed for patients with dementia despite limited evidence that they protect patients from the sequelae of dysphagia and some suggestion of poor side-effect profiles.

Methods

We created a onetime, interactive, case-based session to educate medical residents on how to evaluate and treat dementia-associated dysphagia and address the discrepancy between the limited evidence for dietary modifica

SUBMITTER: Mushero N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8888763 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature