Dysphagia in Nursing Homes —Results From the NutritionDay Project

Dysphagia is a major healthcare problem as it increases the risk of malnutrition, dehydration, aspiration pneumonia, and death. The aims of this analysis of data from nursing homes (NHs) worldwide were to examine prevalence rates of dysphagia, to identify characteristics of residents with dysphagia, and to describe which type of nutrition residents with dysphagia receive.

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Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - October 10, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Melanie Streicher, Rainer Wirth, Karin Schindler, Cornel Christian Sieber, Michael Hiesmayr, Dorothee Volkert Tags: Original Study Source Type: research