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🖥️ Online training for Disability and Agedcare staff & carers in Dysphagia and IDDSI Mealtime Management
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Safe Swallowing Dysphagia Management and IDDSI Education
🍲 Online Dysphagia Global Training
⏲️ Complete in 1 hour
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🌐 www.safeswallowing.com.au

28/09/2026

Another great review! 💙

We love hearing that our course highlights the often-overlooked but critically important aspects of care.

Knowledge makes a difference — especially when safer mealtimes are involved.

🎓 Build confidence. Strengthen knowledge. Support safer care.

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25/09/2026

⚠️ Would your staff notice an outdated mealtime plan?

Having a swallowing or mealtime plan on file can create a sense of security.

But here's the uncomfortable question:

How confident are you that every staff member knows they're working from the correct, current recommendations?

In busy aged care and disability environments, teams change. Information is handed over. Documents are updated.

And when staff don't have a strong understanding of dysphagia and IDDSI, would they even recognise when something doesn't seem right?

Don't assume that having a plan means everyone understands it.

🎓 SAFE SWALLOWING DYSPHAGIA MANAGEMENT & INTERNATIONAL DYSPHAGIA DIET STANDARDISATION (IDDSI) EDUCATION

👉 A document can't replace an educated workforce. Train your team.

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Discounts apply for businesses investing in this education for their staff.

23/09/2026

“But I just want some chips.” 🍟

For one man Barbara supported, that simple request represented far more than food.

He was living with a degenerative neurological condition and had swallowing recommendations that significantly restricted what he could safely eat and drink.

But he missed going to the café and eating the foods he enjoyed.

Can you blame him?

The difficulty was that previous attempts to eat those foods had resulted in serious choking incidents.

Suddenly, the people supporting him were faced with a complicated question:

What happens when choice and swallowing safety collide?

Supporting someone with dysphagia isn't simply about saying “you can't eat that.”

It requires knowledge, understanding and genuinely person-centred care.

And when staff don't understand the reasons behind swallowing recommendations, difficult situations become even harder to navigate.

⚠️ Would your team feel prepared?

🎓 Give your staff the dysphagia education they need before they're faced with the decision.

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Better knowledge. Safer swallowing. Person-centred care.

Discounts apply for businesses investing in this education for their staff.

21/09/2026

Real feedback from someone working in disability support. 💙

Thank you, Kym H., for sharing your experience. We're pleased our education was easy to follow and relevant to your role.

👉 Give your team practical knowledge for safer mealtime support.

🎓 Learn more at safeswallowing.com.au

Discounts apply for businesses investing in this education for their staff.

18/09/2026

“She was tired of being told what she couldn’t eat.”

Barbara once met a woman in her early 40s living with a lifelong disability who had experienced coughing and choking incidents during meals.

When Barbara arrived to complete a swallowing assessment, the woman wanted nothing to do with it.

And perhaps that wasn't surprising.

She had spent much of her life being assessed, supported and told what she should—or shouldn't—do.

This time, Barbara didn't begin by pushing through an assessment.

She listened.

They talked about the foods the woman missed, her frustration with modified meals and what eating meant to her.

That conversation changed everything.

Trust developed. The assessment went ahead, and they were able to find a way forward that the woman felt comfortable with.

💙 Safe swallowing isn't only about managing risk. It's about understanding the person behind the recommendations.

But achieving that balance requires knowledge.

Would your support workers understand how to support both safety and dignity when someone is struggling with eating and drinking?

🎓 Give your team evidence-based dysphagia education that helps them provide more informed, person-centred support.

👉 Enrol today:
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Better knowledge. Safer swallowing. Person-centred care.

16/09/2026

⭐ Real feedback from someone supporting education in aged care.

We’re delighted to receive this 5-star review from Sarah W., Education Support Officer:

“The Safe Swallowing Education Course is a valuable and practical resource that supports staff to provide safer, more confident mealtime care for residents.”

That’s exactly what this education is designed to do — turn knowledge into greater confidence and safer, more consistent mealtime support.

If your organisation supports people with swallowing difficulties, ask yourself:

Does every member of your team have the knowledge and confidence they need?

🎓 SAFE SWALLOWING DYSPHAGIA MANAGEMENT & INTERNATIONAL DYSPHAGIA DIET STANDARDISATION (IDDSI) EDUCATION

👉 Don’t wait for a knowledge gap to become a safety gap. Invest in your team today.

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Discounts apply for businesses investing in this education for their staff.

14/09/2026

💙 To our aged care and disability workers — thank you.

So much of the care you provide happens quietly, every single day.

The patience during a meal.
The extra moment spent listening.
Following an individual’s swallowing recommendations.
Noticing when something doesn’t seem quite right.
Helping someone feel safe, respected and supported.

These moments may seem small, but to the people you care for, they can make an enormous difference.

To every support worker, carer, nurse and allied health professional working across aged care and disability services:

We see the work you do. We appreciate you. And we thank you for the care you give every day. 💙

At Safe Swallowing Education, we're proud to support the people who make safer mealtimes possible through practical dysphagia and IDDSI education.

🎓 SAFE SWALLOWING DYSPHAGIA MANAGEMENT & INTERNATIONAL DYSPHAGIA DIET STANDARDISATION (IDDSI) EDUCATION

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11/09/2026

**“Oh, they always cough like that.”**

It's a response Barbara Braithwaite has heard repeatedly during more than 40 years working with adults in aged care and disability.

Someone coughs during a meal.

A staff member notices—but because it happens regularly, it has gradually become accepted as simply *what that person does.*

And that's concerning.

When something happens every day, it's easy for it to become part of the background.

But would your staff know when a seemingly familiar behaviour could indicate a potential swallowing problem?

⚠️ **Familiar doesn't automatically mean safe.**

Your team shouldn't have to guess what matters.

🎓 Give your support workers and carers the dysphagia knowledge to recognise potential concerns and understand when they need attention.

👉 **Enrol in Safe Swallowing Education:**
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**Don't normalise what your team should recognise.**

09/09/2026

She simply wasn't interested in eating.

A carer working in aged care was struggling, at mealtimes, to engage a resident living with dementia..

She cared. She was trying. But nothing seemed to work.

Then she completed our Safe Swallowing Education course.

One simple suggestion from the Course made her reconsider the resident's mealtime environment.

She made a small change—and suddenly the resident was able to engage with her meal.

💡 Sometimes the difference isn't more encouragement. It's having the knowledge to see the situation differently.

Would your team know what could be affecting a person's mealtime experience?

🎓 Give your staff practical, evidence-based dysphagia education they can take back into everyday care.

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One piece of knowledge can change a mealtime.

07/09/2026

“She’s already had her thickened fluids today.”

A staff member once said this to Barbara after preparing a regular cup of tea for a resident who had been prescribed thickened fluids.

It wasn't because she didn't care.

She simply didn't understand.

And that's what makes gaps in dysphagia knowledge so concerning.

You can have care plans, swallowing recommendations and procedures in place—but do the people providing everyday care truly understand them?

⚠️ Don't wait for an incident to expose a gap in your team's knowledge.

🎓 Give your staff the understanding and confidence that comes from evidence-based dysphagia education.

👉 Enrol today:
www.safeswallowing.com.au/take-the-course

Don't just give staff instructions. Give them understanding.

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Sydney, NSW
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