Free Digital Tools for Dysphagia Care
Free tools for healthcare professionals, care home staff, and families managing dysphagia. All tools are available in the SeniorDeli app — free to download.
📋 EAT-10 Swallowing Screen
Run a standardised EAT-10 swallowing assessment — a validated 10-item questionnaire used by speech therapists worldwide to identify swallowing difficulties in elderly residents.
- Takes under 2 minutes
- Validated for use with elderly patients
- Results exportable for clinical records
🏥 GUSS Assessment
Bedside swallowing screen designed for post-stroke patients. The Gugging Swallowing Screen (GUSS) helps nursing and care staff identify aspiration risk at the bedside without specialist equipment.
- IDDSI relevant — results map directly to texture level recommendations
- Step-by-step guided assessment
- Suitable for post-acute and care home settings
🥗 MNA-SF Nutrition Screen
Screen residents for malnutrition risk using the Mini Nutritional Assessment Short Form (MNA-SF) — the gold-standard tool recommended for elderly populations in care settings.
- 6-question validated screening tool
- Identifies at-risk residents for dietary intervention
- Printable report for dietitian referral
🎯 IDDSI Matcher
Answer 3 questions to find the correct IDDSI texture level for your resident or patient. Based on the IDDSI framework used across Hong Kong hospitals and care homes.
- IDDSI relevant — covers Levels 0–7 (drinks and foods)
- No sign-up required
- Includes food and drink preparation guidance
📅 7-Day Meal Plan Generator
Generate IDDSI-compliant weekly meal plans tailored to each resident’s texture level. Saves care home staff hours of manual planning each week.
- IDDSI relevant — plans generated per IDDSI level
- Covers breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks
- Export as PDF for kitchen or family use
📸 Snap-to-IDDSI
Point your camera at a meal and get an instant AI-powered IDDSI level assessment. Helps care staff verify food preparation compliance at point of service.
- IDDSI relevant — AI identifies texture level from photo
- Instant result with confidence rating
- Log image and result to resident record
💧 Hydration Tracker
Log daily fluid intake for each resident against the recommended 1,500 ml daily target. Prevents dehydration — a leading cause of hospital admissions in elderly care.
- IDDSI relevant — tracks fluid by IDDSI drink level
- Visual daily progress bar per resident
- Alerts when daily target is not on track
🍽️ Meal Log
Record each resident’s meal consumption at every sitting. Essential for care documentation and early identification of residents at nutritional risk.
- IDDSI relevant — logs meals by texture level
- Quick entry: full / half / quarter / refused
- Weekly consumption summary for care reviews
👨🍳 Recipe of the Day
A daily IDDSI-appropriate recipe suggestion delivered to care home staff. Helps kitchens maintain menu variety while staying compliant with residents’ texture requirements.
- IDDSI relevant — each recipe tagged with IDDSI level
- Practical recipes using common care home ingredients
- Includes preparation tips and plating guidance
🏷️ Product-to-IDDSI
Map SeniorDeli products to their correct IDDSI levels. Helps care staff and dietitians select the right ready-made food and thickener products for each resident.
- IDDSI relevant — full product-to-level reference table
- Filter by food category or IDDSI level
- Includes serving instructions per product
🚨 Choking Incident Report
Document and report choking incidents in a structured clinical format. Ensures proper incident tracking, follow-up care, and regulatory compliance for care homes.
- Guided incident documentation form
- Auto-timestamps and logs reporter identity
- Generates PDF report for management and regulators
💡 Caregiver Tip
A daily dysphagia care tip delivered to frontline staff. Keeps the care team continuously learning best practice without formal training sessions.
- Evidence-based dysphagia care guidance
- Covers feeding posture, texture modification, and hydration
- Share tips with the whole team from the app
📄 Compliance Pack
Generate IDDSI compliance documentation for your care home in minutes. Produces the records inspectors and accreditation bodies expect to see.
- IDDSI relevant — documents texture protocol adherence
- Includes resident-level IDDSI assignment records
- Export as PDF for submission or filing
🎓 Caregiver Onboarding
Structured onboarding flow for new care home staff covering dysphagia awareness, IDDSI basics, and safe feeding technique. Gets new hires competent faster.
- Step-by-step guided learning modules
- Knowledge check at each stage
- Completion record saved to staff profile
👤 Resident Profile
Manage each resident’s IDDSI texture and fluid level assignments in one place. The single source of truth for kitchen, nursing, and care staff.
- IDDSI relevant — stores texture and drink level per resident
- Photo, dietary notes, and allergy flags
- Shared across the whole care team in real time
Download the SeniorDeli App (Free)
All 15 tools above are available in the SeniorDeli app — free for healthcare professionals, care home staff, and families.
- iOS & Android
- Works offline
- Suitable for daily care home use
All tools are free for non-commercial healthcare and educational use.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Are all these tools completely free? A: Yes. All tools above are available free of charge through the SeniorDeli app for non-commercial healthcare and educational use.
Q: Can the tools be used offline? A: The SeniorDeli app supports offline functionality, making it suitable for care home frontline staff in environments with unreliable internet connectivity.
Q: Is the EAT-10 questionnaire clinically validated? A: Yes. EAT-10 is a widely validated screening tool with documented sensitivity and specificity for identifying swallowing difficulties in elderly patients. See Belafsky et al. 2008.
Q: Can these tools replace a speech therapist’s assessment? A: No. These tools support documentation, screening, and education — they cannot replace a formal clinical swallowing assessment by a qualified speech-language therapist. IDDSI level assignment must always be confirmed by an SLP.
Q: What languages does the app support? A: The SeniorDeli app supports Traditional Chinese and English, with selected tools also available in Simplified Chinese.