A 10-minute educational video for aged-care staff could help pave the way to better understanding about nutrition and enriching diets for older adults with dementia.
People tend to become more fragile with age. But frailty syndrome – functional decline that makes simple everyday activities a challenge – is not a
Dysphagia, or failures with swallowing, can range from mild to severe, acute to chronic, and short- to long term. It can result in unintentional weight
The act of swallowing recruits more than thirty different nerves and muscles to move food and liquid down the correct channels from mouth to stomach.
Imagine a cold, neon-lit food hall and the noise of chairs scraping loudly on the floor, the echo of clunky knives and forks and drab-looking
Globally, for the first time, there are more people over 65 than under five years of age. In 2017, 3.8 million Australians were aged 65 years
The appalling, substandard quality of residential aged care in Australia hit the limelight in recent years after staff spoke out and sparked a much needed
Nearly half of older adults don’t get enough protein – and that’s a problem. While a nutritionally well-rounded diet is vital at any age, and
Frailty is a serious problem for older adults and affects around half of people over 80. With its associated issues including weakness, muscle wasting, falls
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