Factors that affect health-care workers' practices of medication administration to aged care residents with swallowing difficulties: An Australia-wide survey study.

Ayda S ForoughEsther T L LauKathryn J SteadmanGreg J KyleJulie A Y CicheroJose Manuel Serrano SantosLisa M Nissen

Published in: Australasian journal on ageing (2020)

Health-care workers are faced with various challenges when caring for residents with swallowing difficulties. Promoting multidisciplinary collaborations, provision of training and medication review services, and improving skill mix and staffing composition in aged care facilities are needed to address these challenges.

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