Virtual 10th Congress of the European Society for Swallowing Disorders (ESSD) - Nutrition Care Management Practices of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in Nursing Home residents

The world’s population is ageing. According to data from the World Population Prospects: the 2019 Revision, by 2050, one in six people in the world will be over age 65 (16%), up from one in 11 in 2019 (6%). By 2050, one in four persons living in Europe and Northern America could be aged 65 or over. In 2018, for the first time in history, persons aged 65 or above outnumbered children under five years of age globally. The number of persons aged 80 years or over is projected to triple, from 143 million in 2019 to 426 million in 2050.