Objective: This review seeks to identify trends and issues in preventing aspiration for the elderly overseas in the hopes of gathering information regarding how a similar level of care may be provided in Japan.
Materials And Methods: The authors used the CHINAL Ultimate database to review academic publications from December 2012 to December 2022. Four terms, one from each of four sets of keywords, were combined as search criteria: (1) "dysphagia", "aspiration", "choking", "airway obstruction asphyxia", "swallowing function", or "pneumonia", (2) "aged" or "elderly people", (3) "nursing" or "nursing care", and (4) prevention.