Education for Health Care Professionals
Annual Training on Feeding / Swallowing Management of Residents in Long Term Care
Training Resources:
- Dysphagia Management Staff Training (DMST) (video) (pdf)
- Mealtime Assistant Training (MAT) for Volunteers & Families (video) (pdf)
- Safe Feeding & Swallowing management Quiz (pdf)
- Diet Orders and Optimizing Safe Nutrition Training (video) (pdf)
- Diet Order Training Self Learning Tool (video)
- Management of Obstructed Airway Training (ask your LTC site educator for specific training)
Other Resources
Standard feeding procedures (pdf)
Diet Texture Quick Reference Chart (pdf)
Swallowing difficulties brochure English/ French (pdf)
Oral medication administration guidelines for residents with dysphagia (pdf)
Conversations in Long-Term Care (see below):
- Meals in LTC home (English/ French)
- Difficulties with meals for people with dementia (English/ French)
- When a person has trouble eating and swallowing (English/ French)
- Nourishing the whole person (English/ French)
- Nutrition and swallowing at the end of life (English/ French)
Click here for a pdf of the contents of this webpage.