Abstract
Swallowing disorders or dysphagia is a serious complication of many diseases, injuries or post-operative conditions. But most often it occurs in neurological diseases, namely after cerebrovascular accidents.
For its complexity access of entire interprofessional team including occupational therapy is required. Swallowing is a very complex mechanism, which is in part voluntary, but from a certain moment is controlled involuntarily.
Therapeutic procedures are depending on which stage or location the problem occurs. Swallowing makes eating or feeding and this is one of the fundamental domain of occupational therapy in activities of daily living.
From his position occupational therapist collaborates with the patient to provide a safe eating; so as to prevent aspiration and development of aspiration pneumonia. This is mainly about adaptive and compensatory strategies of environment, activities and tools.