date:Sep 20, 2012
in company due to difficulties in swallowing or chewing food.
It is one of our big challenges in society right now, Wendin said. You need to adjust the texture of food and if you adjust the texture you also adjust the taste. It is not easy at all.
Dietary restriction
For many elderly individuals, the first sign of dysphagia may be eliminating whole muscle meat from the diet, perhaps choosing something easier to chew like meatballs instead, she said.
You can cut one thing at a time until you