Dysphagia Resources

Books and pamphlets on swallowing and making modified diets

Good Looking, Easy Swallowing: Creative Catering for Modified Texture Diets - Janet Martin and Jane Backhouse, JFC Foundation. (1994). Griffin Press.

Julia Fan Services, 103 Fisher Street, Fullerton SA 5064. Tel: (08) 8272 1988.

Shop To Swallow: A visual display kit of Commercially available food for people with swallowing difficulties - Published by the Speech Pathology and Dietetic Departments, Lottie Stewart Hospital, 40 Stewart Street, Dundas NSW 2117.

It's Food for Thought (1999) - $5 book covering nutrition, swallowing mechanism, food and fluid textures, tube feeding and oral hygiene. CARA Incorporated, PO Box 237, Woodville SA 5011.

Smooth Food Manual - $50 book covering texture modification, nutrition, food preparation and general information. Disability Services Commission, PO Box 441, West Perth WA 6872.

Smooth Food Cuisine Recipe Booklets - $1 per booklet. Seven booklets available: Breakfast, Lunch, Main Meals, Vegetables, Desserts, Thickened Drinks, Party Foods. Available from Disability Services Commission WA as listed above.

Modified Texture Recipes - from Speech Pathology Department, Greenslopes Private Hospital. Phone for cost and availability (07) 33947111.