Another great read challenging the myth that tube feeding is always the ‘safer’ option, “…tube feeding is associated with significantly higher risks of pneumonia and depression, with mortality also trending higher”.

Sobering food for thought: “..SLPs..may not possess the knowledge necessary to adequately inform patients about the health outcomes associated with MTDs”. If we don’t know or communicate adequate information about MTDs to our patients, we are unable to fulfil our duty to obtain informed consent.

Some food for thought prior to doing the thickened mocktails thing on swallowing awareness day