Techniques for the Individual
by Pam Womack R.D.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DYSPHAGIA FOR FAMILY AND INSTITUTIONAL USE...
Pam Womack has combined her professional interests as a Registered Dietitian for 40 years and her personal challenge of caring for her father's dysphagia and produced three ground-breaking books about caring for someone with Dysphagia.
Her book for home use, is Pam Womack's important family resource dealing with the complexities of feeding victims of Dysphagia. Her first book, takes her clinical knowledge for the healthcare institution environment and recipes scaled for care facility size batches, and applies them to the home caretaker.
She demystifies the technical terminology surrounding thickeners, textures, and purees and applies these concepts to the home kitchen. This book is a buffet of dysphagia-related knowledge useful in caring for and coping with a loved one stricken with a swallowing disorder. It includes many recipes that may help patients avoid the use of a feeding tube
This perfect resource includes sections on:
• Terminology of Swallowing and National Dysphagia Textures
• Equipment Needed to Prepare Textures Handling and Storing of Foods
• Freezing Foods Diseases associated with dysphagia
• Liquid Consistencies Commercial Thickeners Feeding a Patient
• Observation of Swallowing Problems Guidelines for Preparing Dysphagia Textures
• Special Diet Considerations
• Dysphagia Recipes with Diet Modifications in 1-4 serving batches.
This book is a great educational tool for the dietitian, speech pathologist, family member or in-home care giver to cook for and deal with a person with Dysphagia.