Description
Best seller! This totally updated book and course on geriatric nutrition covers an older person's normal needs and aging processes as well as diseases, physical and nutritional maladies, and health promotion. Other topics include pharmacology, the aging gut and skeleton, oral health, and vitamin needs.
Course Objectives
OBJECTIVES for SELF-STUDY COURSE
Upon successful completion of this self-study course, the users will be able to:
1. Discuss the physiology of aging and how it can compromise health.
2. Discuss changes due to aging that effect the mouth, intestines and colon.
3. Identify four diseases most commonly seen in the elderly that are influenced by changes in a person’s body as he or she ages.
4. Better assess the patients’ needs and eating habits to control signs, symptoms and diseases of aging.
5. Better determine appropriate medical nutrition therapy intervention for patients.
Learning Codes
- (2000) Science of food and nutrition
- (2010) Botanicals, phytochemicals
- (2050) Genetics
- (2060) Immunology
- (2070) Macronutrients: carbohydrate, fat, protein, fiber, water
- (2080) Microbiology, food toxicology
- (2090) Micronutrients: vitamins, minerals
- (2110) Physiology, exercise physiology
- (3000) Nutrition assessment & Diagnosis
- (3010) Assessment methodology
- (3020) Assessment of target groups, populations
- (3050) Feeding, swallowing, dentition
- (3060) Laboratory tests
- (3070) Pharmacological, drug/nutrient, herbal interaction
- (3080) Physical: blood pressure, pulse, bowel sounds
- (3090) Screening parameters, methodology, and surveillance
- (3100) Supplemental nutrients, botanicals
- (4000) Wellness and public health
- (4010) Community intervention, monitoring, and evaluation
- (4020) Community program development
- (4030) Dietary guidelines, DRIs, Food Guide Pyramid, food labeling
- (4040) Disease prevention
- (4050) Epidemiology
- (4060) Exercise, fitness, and sports nutrition
- (4070) Food security and hunger
- (4080) Government-funded Food & Nutrition Programs
- (4090) Health behaviors: smoking cessation, stress management
- (4100) Social Marketing
- (4170) Men's health
- (4190) Elderly nutrition
- (5000) Medical Nutrition Therapy
- (5010) Acute
- (5020) Ambulatory
- (5050) Rehabilitation
- (5090) Adults
- (5100) Elderly
- (5110) Allergies, sensitivities
- (5120) Autoimmune diseases, arthritis, lupus
- (5130) Bone diseases, osteoporosis
- (5150) Cancer
- (5160) Cardiovascular disease
- (5170) Critical care, trauma
- (5190) Diabetes mellitus
- (5200) Disordered eating
- (5210) Dysphagia
- (5220) Gastrointestinal disorders
- (5230) Hematological disorders, anemia
- (5240) Hepatic disorders
- (5260) Hypertension
- (5270) Infectious diseases
- (5280) Nutrient deficiencies, Failure to thrive
- (5290) Metabolic disorders, Inborn errors
- (5300) Neurological: stroke, Alzheimer's, dementia, Parkinson's spinal cord injuries
- (5320) Psychiatric disorders, anxiety
- (5330) Pulmonary diseases
- (5340) Renal diseases
- (5350) Substance abuse, alcoholism
- (5370) Weight management, obesity
- (5380) Wound care
- (5390) Care planning, documentation, and evaluation
- (5400) Case management
- (5410) Client protocols, clinical guidelines
- (6000) Education, Training, and Counseling
- (6020) Counseling, therapy, and facilitation skills
Recommended for...
- Registered Dietitians (RD)
- Dietetic Technicians Registered (DTR)
- Registered Nurses (RN)
- Certified Dietary Managers (CDM)
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