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The beneficiaries of INDEED project are people suffering from dysphagia, which is estimated to affect 8% of the world's population. It is often associated to neurodegenerative diseases, strokes or head and neck cancers, but it may also occur in children with congenital or developed disorders. Dysphagia, or swallowing impairment, is frequently linked to dehydration and malnutrition, and has negative consequences for quality of life and participation in social activities involving eating and drinking. The success of their appropriate nutrition and social integration depends to a large degree on the education of their caregivers, both in the home and institutional backgrounds. Unfortunately, there is a great variability on the support and assistance in feeding, including how food texture is modified and meals preparation and serving. It is recognised that there is a gap for education on diet. The main objective of the INDEED project is to improve the dietetic management of the oropharyngeal dysphagia by offering innovative learning methods. INDEED project target groups are mainly two: on the one hand, people with dysphagia, families and caregivers, on the other hand, adults educators who support families, caregivers and people with dysphagia from a multidisciplinary point of view (speech therapists, kitchen staff, dieticians, students…). The specific objectives of this project are the following: To investigate the overall situation about dysphagia management in partner countries; to increase the public awareness on dysphagia condition and bringing it up in the agenda of national policy makers; to create innovative and user-friendly tools both for caregivers and for adults in charge of dysphagia patients; and to create an innovative, international and multidisciplinary network that engages professionals from different areas. All the objectives have been designed to facilitate effective tools that improve eating inclusion of dysphagia patients.The project has been designed through a strategic partnership, between 6 members from 5 different countries. It is composed by partners with technical and clinical expertise, partners with experience on innovative adult education, partners that offer technological support, partners that address social inclusion and organizations aimed to implement the learning tools in nursing houses, hospitals and associations.The participating organizations are: one non-profit organization (acting as coordinator and representing over 28 organizations which provide services to people with all kind of disabilities), two universities and one high school, one local public authority and one technological partner. The partners are based in Spain (lead partner), Lithuania, Italy, Turkey and Greece.Those objectives will be achieved through 6 different workpackages, including activities related to project management (WP1), development of intellectual outputs (WP2), learning activities (WP3) and multiplier activities (WP4) and tasks related to dissemination. Some activities linked to quality and evaluating aspects are also considered (WP6). Regarding the methodology, it is intended to be an innovative, highly accessible and updated learning and training based on a e-learning platform adapted to different users: families, caregivers and users with dysphagia. It will be assisted by a network of multidisciplinary professionals in dysphagia management. It will include recipe books, videos and experiences around food together with training in the framework of safety and medical aspects for these users. The international learning meeting between trainers and users that allows the adaptation of the learning module contents and the e-learning to the requirements of the users with dysphagia as well as social integration through the participation on the development of the contents. The methodology will ensure internal communication and external dissemination. Besides, the multipliers event will contribute to the exploitation of project results.The main results and envisaged impact are the following:- To improve the diet and nutrition on dysphagia condition through learning and innovation. -To improve the knowledge about dysphagia management in house and institution environment.- Update the learning approach on dysphagia dietetic management.- To improve the social integration of people with dysphagia and their families - To improve the access to adult education for all the society. Finally, the INDEED project will promote the European inclusion of dysphagia patients, it will constitute a fluent communication channel about food texture modifications, and could even contribute to harmonize European criteria for the management of dysphagia diets.
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