Unit 2 - Care and nutrition (e-book)

Lesson 2.2. Management of oropharyngeal dysphagia. Physiotherapy a Speech-language therapy

What will I learn in this lesson?


The aim of this lesson is to learn safe swallowing procedures that can be used to improve dysphagia treatment by speeding up the recovery of swallowing function and reducing hazards.

Learning outcomes

  • To understand patients' use of safe and alternate techniques to maintain eating and drinking functions.

  • To recognize the benefits of these techniques in the treatment of dysphagia.

  • To learn swallowing exercises which may help to improve and/or maintain swallowing functions.