Effects of FEED@Home Intervention

"The FEED@home program is an 8-week initiative led by a speech therapist (ST) and nurse team through teleconsultations and home visits:~* Within 3 days after discharge, a nurse teleconsultation with the family caregiver to assess the patient's mealtime behaviors and provide feeding strategy recommendations and educational materials.~* Two to three home visits by STs during mealtime (depending on the mastery of feeding techniques) to assess swallowing and cognitive feeding issues, providing tailored interventions and proper training of feeding techniques.~* Two teleconsultations by nurses to assess the caregiver's techniques and provide additional training.~* One additional home visit during mealtime by a nurse to assess the caregiver's mastery of the feeding techniques through observation.~* The program lasts 8 weeks, regardless of readmissions, unless the patient converts to tube feeding, moves to a care home, passes away, or withdraws from study."