{"id":7,"date":"2024-02-08T14:01:10","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T14:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/adult-slt\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2025-09-16T11:23:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T10:23:57","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/slt-care-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nhsuk-grid-row\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"nhsuk-grid-column-one-half\"><\/div>\n<h1>SLT guidance<\/h1>\n<p>This web page is designed for use by care \/ nursing home staff in Oxfordshire.<\/p>\n<p>It should be used to guide management of various difficulties that residents may have with their eating and drinking and direct to other services if appropriate.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"nhsuk-grid-row nhsuk-card-group\">\n<li class=\"nhsuk-grid-column-one-third nhsuk-card-group__item\">\n<div class=\"nhsuk-card \">\n                \n                <div class=\"nhsuk-card__content\">\n                    <h3 class=\"nhsuk-card__heading\"><a class=\"nhsuk-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/slt-care-homes\/first-steps\/\">First steps<\/a><\/h3>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-card__description\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"nhsuk-grid-column-one-third nhsuk-card-group__item\">\n<div class=\"nhsuk-card \">\n                \n                <div class=\"nhsuk-card__content\">\n                    <h3 class=\"nhsuk-card__heading\"><a class=\"nhsuk-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/slt-care-homes\/guidance\/\">Guidance<\/a><\/h3>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-card__description\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"nhsuk-grid-column-one-third nhsuk-card-group__item\">\n<div class=\"nhsuk-card \">\n                \n                <div class=\"nhsuk-card__content\">\n                    <h3 class=\"nhsuk-card__heading\"><a class=\"nhsuk-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/slt-care-homes\/referrals\/\">Referral flowchart<\/a><\/h3>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-card__description\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"nhsuk-grid-column-one-third nhsuk-card-group__item\">\n<div class=\"nhsuk-card \">\n                \n                <div class=\"nhsuk-card__content\">\n                    <h3 class=\"nhsuk-card__heading\"><a class=\"nhsuk-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/slt-care-homes\/dysphagia-checklist\/\">Dysphagia checklist<\/a><\/h3>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-card__description\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"nhsuk-grid-column-one-third nhsuk-card-group__item\">\n<div class=\"nhsuk-card \">\n                \n                <div class=\"nhsuk-card__content\">\n                    <h3 class=\"nhsuk-card__heading\"><a class=\"nhsuk-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/slt-care-homes\/resources\/\">Resources<\/a><\/h3>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-card__description\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"nhsuk-grid-column-one-third nhsuk-card-group__item\">\n<div class=\"nhsuk-card \">\n                \n                <div class=\"nhsuk-card__content\">\n                    <h3 class=\"nhsuk-card__heading\"><a class=\"nhsuk-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/slt-care-homes\/contact\/\">Contact us<\/a><\/h3>\n                    <div class=\"nhsuk-card__description\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What is dysphagia?<\/h2>\n<p>Dysphagia is the medical term for <strong>eating, drinking and <\/strong><b>swallowing difficulties<\/b>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ohft-box red\">\n<p>Although this website provides guidance for care home staff, appropriate clinical decision making should be assumed and overseen by registered nurses and if in doubt advice should be sought from a Speech and Language Therapist<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Other professionals<\/h2>\n<p>This page is specifically for care \/ nursing home staff. For all other professionals and enquiries please see our main <strong>Adult Community Speech &amp; Language Therapy<\/strong> page.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nhsuk-action-link\"><a class=\"nhsuk-action-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordhealth.nhs.uk\/aslt\/\" target=\"self\"><span class=\"nhsuk-action-link__text\">Visit main site<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SLT guidance This web page is designed for use by care \/ nursing home staff in Oxfordshire. 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