Abstract
The oropharingeal dysphagia is a very prevalent syn- drome among the elderly, and even more among institu- tionalized individuals. Dysphagia is frequently caused by neurodegenerative and cerebrovascular conditions, the dementia syndrome being the most common of them, where the latest stages of the process are often accompa- nied by frequent swallowing problems requiring to incor- porate thick foodstuffs in the diet of the elderly, such as the pudding. Nutritional supplements with a pudding- like consistency are not financed by the National Health System. Therefore, when they are needed, patients must either pay their full price for them or thicken the liquid supplements financed by the National Health System. This is normally done in an individualized way, through the powder thickeners in the market. It is a very laborious and highly changeable process regarding the resulting consistency, with a poor homogeneous aspect; thus, it is complicated to implement this method in big community dwelling. We hereby present a different way to use these financed supplements, this is: mixing them up with com- mercial jelly resulting in a refined product with a homo- geneous texture. These supplements will remain stable in their composition and safe to be used within 5 days.
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