IDD with Dementia ECHO: Nutritional Concerns

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Submitted by Minnesota North... on May 30, 2022 - 2:15pm CDT

Resource Type: 
Presentation

This presentation (1:08:17 minutes) given by Catherine Conway discusses the key components to providing good nutrition, recognizing the issues around safe eating and drinking, and how nutrition can improve age-related health issues. By the end of this presentation, learners should be able to: (1) discuss the importance of caregiver's observational skills as a key component to providing good nutrition; (2) recognize the issues around safe eating and drinking; (3) discuss how nutrition can improve age related health issues; (4) identify the importance of weight stability, healthy eating, and key nutrients; and (5) describe the role of fiber and hydration for good health. A case study and discussion are included in the presentation. Registration is required by the creators in order to access the material but there is no charge.

Author(s): 
Catherine Conway
Collections: 
Age-Friendly Care and Education Collection
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