Malnutrition, Sarcopenia & Frailty: Practical Applications to Improving Patient Care
Taught by
Terese Scollard MBA, RDN, LD, FAND, FASPEN
MySurgeryPlate LLC, Owner
Duration
60
min
Date
About this Webinar
Objectives:
1. Define and describe risk factors, appropriate malnutrition screening, assessment and functional examination tools for older adults with malnutrition, sarcopenia and frailty.
2. Explain the importance of assessing and diagnosing older adult functional abilities to enable practical, effective care plans and treatments
3. Describe application of current best practice recommendations for older adult patient care, including interpretation, documentation, reporting and referral of assessments and functional examination results.
Financial support provided by Nestlé Health Science.
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1. Review the self-reflection questions:
- Describe any professional gaps that were identified as a result of viewing this presentation. Do you plan to change your current practice? if so, what can you or your team change that you are not currently doing?
- What barriers or limitations do you anticipate when it comes to implementing a change to your practice. How can you overcome such barriers?
- What do you or your team need to learn more about to improve knowledge, competence and/or patient care?
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