AGED CARE DYSPHAGIA MANAGEMENT

What You Need to Know

This Safe Swallowing Dysphagia Education and IDDSI Mealtime Management Program aims to make your care of ageing residents, friends or relatives, safer and easier. Relax knowing you have the latest education. 

Warning: Your loved one or resident may be in danger every meal time…here’s the quickest and easiest way to ensure you, as a carer or aged care staff member know the warning signs of swallowing difficulties and what to do about them…

Up to a 1/3 Of Residents In Aged Care are Affected by Swallowing Difficulties…

What Will You Do If One Of Your Valued Loved One or Client Suddenly CHOKES On Their Food…And YOU or YOUR Staff MISSED All The Danger Signs?

On average humans swallow 900 times per day… anyone of those could mean trouble if they have swallowing difficulties. 

Are you or your nursing staff properly prepared to deal with it?

Subject: Here is the blunt truth about Safe Swallowing Dysphagia Education and Management … and this online education program you can access right now! 

Here are some startling facts every Aged Care Carer or Manager should know about swallowing problems…commonly known as Dysphagia:

Dysphagia occurs in as many as:

• 45% of people over the age of 75
• 33% of residents in aged care 
• 66% of residents needing long-term care

And the consequences can be tragic! If you or your staff are not trained to identify the signs of Dysphagia – as well as the correct food preparation techniques – then choking, even… death, can be the end result.

Sadly, a swallowing difficulty also prevents your residents enjoying one of life’s most basic pleasures, eating. In elderly people, it can reduce their quality of life, increase their risk of falls and seriously affect their physical and emotional wellbeing.

For residents affected by a Stroke, Heart Disease, MS, Parkinson’s Disease, Alzheimer’s, Cancer and many other illnesses, the effects of Dysphagia can be traumatic, both physically and emotionally. Worse still, when a patient can’t eat, or eats food not properly prepared…it can even be life threatening.

We take aged care education very seriously

Our responsibilities include:

• Provision of the highest possible Safe Swallowing education to all carers and aged care staff
• Provision of a cost effective, easy to use, dynamic education program for those working with the ageing and in aged care facilities
• Easy accessibility to experts to answer any specific questions you may have
• Supporting compliance with Aged Care Accreditation Standards
• Support for Aged Care Facility Staff and your residents
• Support staff retention with empowering education

Contact us now to discuss how we can support your facility’s needs. Discounts apply for multiple participants taking our Safe Swallowing Dysphagia Education and IDDSI Mealtime Management Course. 

https://www.safeswallowing.com.au/for-organisations