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Hormel Thick & Easy Instant Food Thickener x 1

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As you get older, the swallowing muscles in the mouth and throat often become weaker, slower or less efficient. This can be made worse when you’re ill. Certain medical conditions can also affect your swallowing. These changes might make swallowing drinks more difficult so that there is a risk the drink could go down the wrong way. If it gets into the windpipe and even the lungs it can cause you to cough or choke when drinking. This is called aspiration. Sometimes a person might not cough or choke when they have aspirated. This is called ‘silent aspiration’. Aspiration can cause serious chest infections, or even pneumonia. NHS London (2012). Oral Nutritional Support Toolkit. Available at: https://www.networks.nhs.uk/nhsnetworks/ahp-networks/ahp-qipptoolkits/AHP_ONS_Pathway_fi nal.pdf/view. Date accessed: May 2015

Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) (2014) Dysphagia resource manual for commissioning and planning services for SCLN. Available at: http://www.rcslt.org/speech_and_language_therapy/commissioning/dysphagia_manual_072014. Date accessed: May 2015. Do staff know how to spot warning signs such as difficulties and discomfort at meal or drinks time, dehydration, weight loss, and chest infections?

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If people have swallowing difficulties, do you have guidance and care plans on how to administer oral medicines safely and effectively, for example crushing a tablet?

Most people need to drink 6-8 glasses or mugs of fluid (around 2 litres) every day to keep well hydrated. You may need more on a hot day. Emma Derbyshire. The Essential Guide to Hydration. Available from: http://www.naturalhydrationcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/NHC-Essential-Guide-Hydration-FINAL.pdf Date accessed: July 2019 Matching the national descriptors**, improved mixing quality ensures the right consistency is achieved every time.O’Loughlin G and Shanley C. Swallowing problems in the nursing home: A novel training response. Dysphagia 1998; 13:172–183. Guan XL etal. (2015) Prevalence of dysphagia in multiple sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Neurol Sci ; doi. 10.1007/s10072-015-2067–7 Has a medicines review been carried out to make sure that medicines are necessary and can be taken safely? National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Nutrition support for adults: oral nutrition support, enteral tube feeding and parenteral nutrition: NICE Guideline [CG32]. 2017. Available from: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg32 [Accessed 1st December 2017] Martino R et al. (2005) Dysphagia After Stroke Incidence, Diagnosis, and Pulmonary Complications. Stroke; 36(12):2756-2763.

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