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@charisscurry Does your Mom do airway clearance? This might help keep mucus from building up, giving germs a place to grow. Also, depending on her health, pneumonia in older people can come from aspirating liquids, either due to GERD (Reflux) or throat/vocal chord problems. Has she been screened for these issues?

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@sueinmn yes she’s done the swallow test and bronoscopy 3 years ago. The bronoscopy did see food in her lungs. But the swallow test showed the food going down correctly.