[Dysphagia] SDAT with a bottle feed

[joanneaton at charter.net (JoAnn Eaton)]

Doesn't your long-term care facility have a dishwasher? That would be 
sufficient to sanitize them. Just like baby bottles for infants. During the 
days I still did thermal tactile stim using a mirror, I sent them to the 
kitchen for sanitization in the dishwasher. That is sufficient.
JoAnn Eaton
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kassie Witte" <kwitte@hebrewhome.org>
To: <dysphagia@b9.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 12:45 PM
Subject: [Dysphagia] SDAT with a bottle feed


We have recently admitted an elderly woman with advanced SDAT and
seizure disorder  and very aggressive behavior who prior to admission
was fed at home solely using a baby bottle with cross hatched nipple.
She retrains only a such swallow.  Hydration and nutrition have been
maintained with this approach. Using the bottle, the resident will often
self feed.  She aggressively resists PO feeds with anything other than a
bottle.  Essentially maintenance of PO is exclusively via a bottle feed.



If any of you have experience with bottle feeding approaches in a Long
Term Care setting, I would appreciate any you facility used regarding
cleaning/sterilization  of these items and any approaches your Nursing
staff used to maintain a supply of clean bottles on the nursing unit.  I
know  the approaches to this situation may appear easy, but not for us
at the moment.

Thank you

Kassie

kwitte@hebrewhome.org

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