Affiliation:
1. Audiology/Speech Pathology Service, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare SystemAnn Arbor, MI
Abstract
In this review, the interaction of aging and deglutition are discussed with attention to normal changes in bodily systems that occur with aging and the acceleration of decline often observed in frail individuals. The concepts of frailty and sarcopenia are discussed in a way to aid the speech-language pathologist providing services to the elderly with swallowing disorders. It is important for the practicing speech-language pathologist to be able to identify elders who are at risk of poor outcome as the result of the synergy of poor nutrition and frailty as these symptoms appear in daily clinical practice.
Publisher
American Speech Language Hearing Association