Aim: To gain a complete understanding of and be able to support individuals with dysphagia (swallowing problems)
Objectives:
By successfully completing this course you will be able to:
- Demonstrate a complete understanding of swallowing process and dysphagia including its signs and symptoms
- Describe the legislations relevant to dysphagia in the UK
- Identify common causes and underlying medical conditions associated with dysphagia
- Understand the implications of dysphagia on a person’s health and wellbeing
- Describe the importance of maintaining adequate hydration and nutrition with safe and efficient swallowing function
- Describe how to reduce the signs and symptoms of swallowing difficulty including the utilisation of various strategies to prevent aspiration and choking
- Understand the importance of providing oral hygiene and self-care education
- Understand how to create an individualised care plan to meet each person’s needs
- Identify your role in supporting individuals with dysphagia
- Understand how to develop practical skills to support people with dysphagia in eating and drinking safely.
- Identify when and how to make a referral, understand the process of assessment, and describe the various clinical assessment techniques used in evaluating the swallowing function
- Describe the importance of a thorough patient history in dysphagia assessment process
- Recognise when you need to collaborate with other healthcare professionals
- Describe how to communicate effectively with the individual and their family members about the implications of dysphagia
- Understand the ethical considerations related to dysphagia assessment and treatment
- Describe the cultural factors that may impact a patient’s experience and adherence to treatment.
Introduction
Welcome to the Halo Staffing face to face course about dysphagia.
We will begin this course with an explanation of the process of swallowing food, we will then go on explain what is dysphagia including its signs and symptoms.
This will be followed by a description of all the relevant legislations in the UK.
The next topic will be about identifying the common causes and underlying medical conditions associated with dysphagia.
We will then explain to you the implications of dysphagia on a person’s health and wellbeing.
The next topic will inform you about the importance of maintaining adequate hydration and nutrition with safe and efficient swallowing function.
The following topic will explore how to reduce the signs and symptoms of swallowing difficulty including the utilisation of various strategies to prevent aspiration and choking.
The next topic will focus on oral hygiene and self-care education.
Information about creating individualised care plans to meet the person’s needs will be the next topic.
We will then inform you about your role in supporting individuals with dysphagia.
The next topic will explain how to develop practical skills to support people with dysphagia in eating and drinking safely.
The following topic will be about referrals, the process of assessment, and the various clinical assessment techniques used in evaluating the swallowing function.
Importance of a thorough patient history in dysphagia assessment will be discussed next.
This will be followed by an explanation of the need to collaborate with other healthcare professionals.
We will then inform you how to communicate effectively with the individual and their family members about the implications of dysphagia.
The next topic will explore the ethical considerations related to dysphagia assessment and treatment.
Finally, we will inform you about the cultural factors that may impact a patient’s experience and adherence to treatment.
