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End of Life Nutrition: Inability to Swallow Issues
A Patient's Right to Refuse: How Does the Dietitian Handle That?
4 Causes of Weight Loss in the Elderly (and What To Do About It!)
Advocating for Diet Liberalisation
Today's episode tackles the tough topic of End of Life Nutrition: Inability to Swallow Issues. This can be a very difficult topic to discuss, but every Dietitian needs to be educated on how to manage it!The following links are from today's episode:https://longtermcarerd.com/end-of-life-inability-to-swallow-issue/https://longtermcarerd.com/product/end-of-life-nutrition/https://longtermcarerd.com/dietitian-audits-forms/
This episode covers the very important topic surrounding if a patient refuses a nutrition care plan, what is the Dietitian supposed to do?You can find all the resources listed in the episode at the following links:https://longtermcarerd.com/product/long-term-care-dietitians-reference-guide/https://longtermcarerd.com/nutrition-the-residents-right-to-choose-refuse-what-the-rd-needs-to-do/
Today's episode dives into the 4 major causes of weight loss in older adults.It covers how to find the root cause of weight loss because if you don't know the cause, you can't treat it properly.It also gives great tips on how to deal with the nutrition causes to prevent further weight loss and promote weight gain!References in the episode:The Long Term Care Dietitian's Reference Guide:https://longtermcarerd.com/product/long-term-care-dietitians-reference-guide/Article Link:https://longtermcarerd.com/weight-loss-in-elderly/
Do you know that Diet Liberalization is the number one thing that should be happening with the older adult to geriatric population?Listen to this episode to learn the WHY, HOW, and WHO of liberalizing diets in the elderly.Find more information at this article:https://longtermcarerd.com/liberalizing-diets/
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