Background: Oropharyngeal dysphagia affects up to 86% of hospitalized patients with dementia. Texture-modified food and thickened fluids are the mainstay of dysphagia management in patients with dementia, yet data on whether these diets improve clinical outcomes is lacking. Using a mixed methods approach, this study aimed to evaluate the following: 1) adherence to dysphagia diets […]

Background: Dysphagia is prevalent in older adults with dementia, particularly in the acute care setting. The objective of this study was to use an innovative approach to extract a more representative sample of patients with dysphagia from the electronic health record (EHR) to determine patient characteristics and outcomes associated with dysphagia in hospitalized persons with […]

Case Presentation: 62-year-old Caucasian female with no significant medical history presented with complaint of worsening generalized weakness, difficulty with word finding, blurred vision, left arm and leg weakness ongoing for 3-4 weeks. 3 weeks ago she was discharged from an outside hospital after evaluation for similar complaints. Since discharge had worsening weakness, and decided to […]