- Reduce dysphagia morbidity and mortality and ameliorate the impact of swallowing disorders.
- Improve the quality of life of persons affected by swallowing disorders.
Vision
- To become a national/international landmark organization for swallowing disorders.
- To become identified with swallowing disorders.
- To provide guidance and enhance understanding of dysphagia.
What the FUREGA Foundation aims to achieve with this project: dysphagia
- To foster research.
- To provide information to people and their families affected by swallowing disorders.
- To train and inform caregivers, whether health professionals or family members.
- To raise awareness of the repercussions of swallowing disorders.
- To defend the rights of persons with swallowing disorders.
- To secure the inclusion of dysphagia in medical protocols. Numerous conditions are associated with dysphagia, which makes it difficult to view it as a disease in its own right, even though it is recognized by the WHO.
- To promote a multidisciplinary care strategy for patients and to develop a new deglutology specialism. Dysphagia has been tackled to date from different disciplines, including otorhinolaryngology, speech therapy, gastroenterology, gerontology, pediatrics and neurology.
- To assist the food industry in developing special food lines for people with dysphagia.
