Safe Eating Expo
Published: March 25, 2011
Categories: Family Engagement
March 2011
The workshop focused on adaptive technology for people with dysphagia, difficulty swallowing or increased risk for choking and aspiration.
Attendees first watched a short media clip of how food is pushed through the esophagus, and then moved from station to station learning more about diet textures, thickening liquids, adaptive technologies and tools as well as what foods are safe and unsafe for people with dysphagia.
Pictured above are some of the Bridgewell staff members who presented at the Safe Eating Expo.
Click here to view more photos from the Safe Eating Expo on Bridgewell’s Facebook page.
Resources:
What Is Dysphagia?
Safe Unsafe Foods
Improving Safety
Role of Environment in Safety of Dining
These worksheets were created by material from Bridgewell’s Speech Pathology Consultant Genya Krigman, author of Food Recipes for Safe Swallowing. For more information, click here.
