Description
Learn how to spot and manage swallowing difficulties with confidence. This course helps you understand the causes, signs, and stages of dysphagia—plus how to reduce risks like aspiration and malnutrition. You’ll explore safe feeding techniques, patient communication, and how to work effectively with speech therapists and dietitians. Ideal for anyone supporting vulnerable patients, this training gives you the skills to deliver safer, more compassionate care and improve patient wellbeing.
Learning outcomes
- Define dysphagia and understand its causes, types, and stages.
- Identify symptoms and risk factors related to dysphagia.
- Recognise complications like aspiration, malnutrition, and dehydration.
- Understand screening tools and protocols for dysphagia assessment.
- Demonstrate safe feeding techniques and appropriate positioning.
- Collaborate with speech therapists and dietitians in care planning.
- Develop clear, compassionate communication with patients.
- Report dysphagia incidents, ensuring safeguarding procedures are followed.
Accreditation Certificate
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Dysphagia Certificate
Identify and manage swallowing difficulties with confidence, compassion, and clinical care.
What does my certificate include?
Your Dysphagia Certificate includes your name, company name (if applicable), name of course taken, date of completion, expiry date and stamps of approval or accreditations by recognised authorities.
What our customers say
“Simplicity and ease of use is important to me and my team and the ecert system gives us just that. From start to finish the system takes you through a seamless journey of learning.
Mary, Excellence Care Homes
Shannon and the team at ecert are so helpful, nothing is too much trouble and you never feel like you’re asking stupid questions.
Paula S, Sincere Home Care Services
The course content is updated regularly and remains informative and knowledgeable. Whilst the final course tests are challenging the process minimises stress and smoothly takes you through the content to completion. Very happy.
Tamzin, New Hope Care Services
Cost and quality combine to give me and my team all we need. It’s been a testing time over the last year and cost saving is at the top of my list but at the same time quality of training remains key. ecert Training hits all of my targets.