12/8/17: Preserving the Joy of Eating: Rethinking Dysphagia Management in Dementia Care

Nicole Rogus-Pulia, PhD, provides an overview of swallowing disorders (dysphagia) commonly experienced by people living with dementia. Dr. Rogus-Pulia is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology within the Department of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Additionally, she is the Director of the Swallowing Research Program in the Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital as well as Director of the multi-site Veteran Health Administration’s (VHA) Swallow STRONG clinical program. Her research program focuses on identification and characterization of factors underlying dysphagia in older adults and translating these findings into novel, evidence-based treatments for prevention of dysphagia-induced pneumonia. The title of her December 8, 2017 Grand Rounds talk is "Preserving the Joy of Eating: Rethinking Dysphagia Management in Dementia Care."
University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine Grand Rounds are presented throughout the academic year and are intended for health care professionals and medical researchers. Unless otherwise indicated, Grand Rounds occurs in the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital auditorium, Room A1028, Madison, Wisconsin. All faculty and staff are invited and encouraged to attend. For more information on the Grand Rounds lecture series, visit www.medicine.wisc.edu/dom/medi...