Interventions to prevent pneumonia among older adults

Article Abstract:

This article examines interventions used to prevent the development of pneumonia in geriatric patients. Interventions including the use of drugs to facilitate swallowing and coughing reflexes, improved oral hygiene, the prevention of cerebrovascular disorders, and infection-control measures help to prevent the development of pneumonia due to aspiration in geriatric patients.

Health aspects, Mouth, Geriatrics, Cerebrovascular disease, Cerebrovascular disorders, Oral hygiene, Reflexes

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Capsaicin troche for swallowing dysfunction in older people

Article Abstract:

A study examining whether oral capsaicin troche supplementation with every meal upregulates the impairment of upper respiratory protective reflexes such as swallowing reflexes and the cough reflex among elderly is presented.

Science & research, Capsaicin, Respiration disorders

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A randomized trial of olfactory stimulation using black pepper oil in older people with swallowing dysfunction

Article Abstract:

A study on olfactory stimulation using black pepper oil on elderly people's dysphagia with relation to prevention of pneumonia is presented

Food preparations, not elsewhere classified, Spice and Extract Manufacturing, Pepper, Piper nigrum, Sensory stimulation, Deglutition disorders, Bacterial pneumonia

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