“…Dysphagia is characterised by the inability or difficulty swallowing (Badger & Verma, 2018 ). Although swallowing happens in phases, being a continuous process, any difficulty or impairment in one of the phases, that is, oral, pharyngeal or oesophageal can influence the others, inadvertently impacting the entire swallowing process (Soutinho et al, 2021 ). There are various causes of dysphagia (Badger & Verma, 2018 ) leading to negative health consequences such as malnutrition, dehydration and aspiration pneumonia (Dobak & Kelly, 2021 ).…”