Description

Over 150 Tasty and Nutritious Recipes for People Who Have Difficulty Swallowing

Delicious and nourishing recipes that are easy to eat and swallow.

The simple act of eating is a challenge for millions of people whose ability to chew and swallow has been compromised by the debilitating effects of age or disease. The Easy-to-Swallow, Easy-to-Chew Cookbook presents a collection of more than 150 nutritious recipes that make eating enjoyable and satisfying for anyone who has difficulty chewing or swallowing. It also shares helpful tips and techniques to make eating easier for the elderly and those with such diseases as Parkinson's, AIDS, or head and neck cancers.

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Customer Reviews

"This book is an excellent reference and resource book that I share with my patients who have swallowing difficulties. Several of them have gone ahead and ordered the book themselves! Great recipes with a lot of variety."

"Great recipes that I enjoy as well as my husband who had oral cancer and little saliva to swallow."

"This book has great tips for cooking for someone with dysphagia. I highly recommend it."

Target Audience

For individuals who have trouble chewing and/or swallowing and dysphagia clinicians who treat patients who have trouble chewing and/or swallowing.

Author

JoAnne Robbins, PhD, CCC-SLP, BRS-S, is an internationally known researcher, lecturer, author and inventor.  She is a Professor in the Department of Medicine in the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, and she also serves as Associate Director of Research for the Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC) at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital.  Dr. Robbins has over 20 years of experience in treating dysphagic patients.   Her work is known worldwide and published in numerous international and national peer-reviewed journals. She is also coauthor of the Easy-To-Swallow, Easy-To-Chew Cookbook.

Paula A. Sullivan, MS, CCC-SLP, BRS-S, currently is a Speech-Language Pathologist in the Department of Neurology/Speech Section at the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System in Gainesville, FL. Paula's clinical expertise and research is focused on swallowing disorders in head and neck cancer and at end of life. Paula has been affiliated with numerous comprehensive cancer centers in the past including: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, Sylvester Cancer Center, Miami, FL, and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

Paula also has participated in with numerous clinical research trials in swallowing. She served as a co-regional primary investigator for the largest ever controlled, randomized research trial in oropharyngeal dysphagia funded by the National Institutes of Health (Protocol 201). Protocol 201 examined the effectiveness of chin down and thickened liquids in individuals with dementia and Parkinson's Disease both with and without dementia. Other research activities include collaborating with Dr. Jeri Logemann on numerous National Cancer Institute clinical swallowing protocols in head and neck cancer.

Additionally, Paula has published numerous articles, book chapters, and co-authored books. Books include: Swallowing Intervention in Oncology and the Easy-To-Swallow, Easy-To-Chew Cookbook. Paula also has co-authored multiple national guidelines, directives, and policies relating to oropharyngeal swallowing disorders for both the Veterans Health Administration and the American Speech, Language, Hearing Association (ASHA). Paula is a former coordinator of ASHA's Division 13, Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders, and is an ASHA Fellow.

Speaker Disclosure:

Employer — VA Health System, Gainesville, FL. 

Financial — Co-Author of the text, "Easy-To-Swallow; Easy-To-Chew Cookbook"; receives royalty payments.

Financial — Author of online CEU courses by Northern Speech Services; receives royalty payments.

Nonfinancial — None.

is a nutritionist and the author of The Cancer Survival Cookbook