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Transform Dysphagia Care: Thrive with 8 Tips on Person-Centered Care

by Karen Sheffler | Jun 30, 2026 | Advocacy, Aging and Swallowing, Caregiver Resources, Dysphagia Diets, Dysphagia Management, dysphagia treatment, End-of-Life Decision Making, Ethics and Evidence-Based Practice, Oral infection control, Person-Centered Care

Transform Dysphagia Care: Thrive with 8 Tips on Person-Centered Care By Karen Sheffler, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S of SwallowStudy.com Introduction to Person-Centered Care If you or a loved one has recently been diagnosed with a swallowing disorder (dysphagia), the first... Read More

Hidden Struggle: 7 Updates in Head and Neck Cancer

by Karen Sheffler | Jun 24, 2026 | #DysphagiaAwareness, Advocacy, Aspiration Pneumonia Prevention, Caregiver Resources, Dysphagia Awareness Month, Dysphagia Evaluation, Dysphagia Management, dysphagia treatment, Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES), Head and Neck Cancer, IDDSI, Innovation in Dysphagia, quality of life measures for swallowing, Radiation Risks, Radiation-associated dysphagia, Resources, Tube Feeding, Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study (VFSS/MBSS)

Hidden Struggle: 7 Updates in Dysphagia from Head and Neck Cancer By Karen Sheffler, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S of SwallowStudy.com Introduction to Dysphagia in Head and Neck Cancer June is Dysphagia Awareness Month, and we continue to uncover challenges that people... Read More

Creating a Dysphagia Cookbook IDDSI-Style

by Guest Writer | Apr 11, 2023 | IDDSI, Choking, Diet Safety, dysphagia diet, Dysphagia Diets, Dysphagia Management, dysphagia treatment, Patient Safety, Recipes for People with Dysphagia, Resources

Creating a Dysphagia Cookbook IDDSI-Style: Modern Dysphagia Cooking Guest Post by John Holahan, BS, MBA Edited by Karen Sheffler, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S of SwallowStudy.com Introduction to My Path to a Dysphagia Cookbook This is a story about how you never know where... Read More

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) & Dysphagia

by Guest Writer | Feb 8, 2023 | Obstructive Sleep Apnea, #DysphagiaAwareness, Advocacy, Aspiration Pneumonia Prevention, Breathing-swallowing coordination, Dysphagia Evaluation, Dysphagia Management, dysphagia treatment, Tongue exercises

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) & Dysphagia Guest Writers & Researchers in Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Dysphagia: Ankita M. Bhutada, PhD; Emma Wallace, PhD and Kendrea L. Focht (Garand), PhD, CScD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, CBIS, CCRE Editor: Karen Sheffler, MS, CCC-SLP,... Read More

5 Dysphagia Management Tips: Evidence to Implementation

by Karen Sheffler | Jan 20, 2022 | Aspiration Pneumonia Prevention, aspiration precautions, Dysphagia Evaluation, Dysphagia Management, dysphagia treatment, End-of-Life Decision Making, Ethics and Evidence-Based Practice, Evidence-Based Practice, Oral Care and Aspiration Pneumonia, Oral Hygiene and Aspiration Pneumonia, Oral infection control, Pneumonia

Dysphagia Management: From Evidence to Implementation with B-O-L-U-S By Phyllis M. Palmer, PhD, CCC-SLP & Aaron H. Padilla, MS, CCC-SLP Editor: Karen Sheffler, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S of SwallowStudy.com Introduction & Editor’s Note When I read: “Risk of an... Read More

COVID-19 and Dysphagia Outcomes

by Karen Sheffler | Jun 9, 2021 | #DysphagiaAwareness, About swallowing specialists, Aspiration Pneumonia Prevention, COVID-19, Diet Safety, Dysphagia Diets, Dysphagia Evaluation, Dysphagia in the ICU, Dysphagia Management, dysphagia treatment

COVID-19 and Dysphagia Outcomes by Karen Sheffler, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S of SwallowStudy.com Introduction to COVID-19 and Dysphagia Outcomes This article was written from the July 2021 viewpoint. It has been well over one year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic... Read More