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Healthcare professionals' experiences and thoughts on eating and drinking with acknowledged risks in older adults: a comparison of Japan and the UK.

Purpose Older adults are commonly restricted of oral intake due to concerns of aspiration. Eating and drinking with acknowledged risks (EDAR) is an alternative pathway that facilitates comfort, dignity and autonomy. However, EDAR decision-making is difficult, with guidance only existing in the UK, a...

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Published in:Age & Ageing Vol. 55; no. 1; pp. 1 - 9
Main Authors: Yoshimatsu, Yuki, Markowski, Marianne, Smithard, David Graeme, Hansjee, Dharinee, Hashimoto, Tadayuki, Nagano, Hiroyuki, Essex, Ryan
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Jan2026
Subjects:
Japan
United Kingdom
Work
Medical personnel
Medical specialties & specialists
Interprofessional relations
Self-efficacy
Work environment
Confidence
Quantitative research
Food habits
Quality of life
Social support
Psychosocial factors
Experiential learning
Drinking behavior
Educational attainment
Disease risk factors
Old age
Risk assessment
Medical protocols
Research funding
Aspiration pneumonia
Multiple regression analysis
Decision making in clinical medicine
Descriptive statistics
Continuum of care
Attitudes of medical personnel
Research
Comparative studies
Data analysis software
Deglutition disorders
Professional competence
Disease complications
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