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This course has been designed to provide you with an understanding of how to care for older people living with dysphagia. It will also introduce you to texture-modified diets which can help ensure older people living with dysphagia receive adequate nutrition and hydration and help to prevent malnutrition and dehydration.
As people age, a range of physiological, health and social factors make them significantly more vulnerable to malnutrition and dehydration. For example:
The consequences of poor nutrition and hydration are serious: increased falls and fractures, infections, slower recovery, loss of muscle and bone mass, frailty, reduced function - and even increased mortality.
So, ensuring older people have adequate nutrition and hydration is not a “nice to have.” It is fundamental to dignity, independence, quality of life and health outcomes.
Kineo Courses offer three courses on this topic:
These courses equip aged-care workers with practical, evidence-aligned skills to identify and manage malnutrition and dehydration, apply the IDDSI framework safely, and deliver person-centred nutrition and hydration that supports dignity and better outcomes.
This is especially important now, as the sector transitions to the Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards. In particular, Standard 6 - Food and Nutrition – which sets clear expectations to ensure older people receive nutritious, appealing and safe food and drink, along with meaningful dining experiences. For the workforce, this means every person involved in meals, fluids, texture-modified diets, swallowing support, or dining environments, needs up-to-date knowledge, confidence and capability embedded in everyday practice.
In short, engaging with these courses helps organisations:
This particular course provides an understanding of:
