Nutrition in the older patient: social, physiological and psychological factors
This webinar will be dedicated to exploring the issues associated with malnutrition in older people and importantly what can be done. It will cover:
- Overlapping syndromes of frailty, sarcopenia and malnutrition
- Malnutrition as a cause and a consequence of disease
- The difference between nutrition screening and nutrition assessment
- Integration of nutrition as a component of holistic care
- Practical and realistic approaches to optimise diet and food intake in older adults
- The importance of monitoring and evaluating interventions – by whom and when
- Nutrition towards the end of life
Speaker: Dr Anne Holdoway
This session took place on 25 November 2021
Price: FREE to view
Description: Older adults are at increased risk of malnutrition (undernutrition) due to a variety of social, physiological and psychological reasons. Undetected and untreated, malnutrition and poor nutritional status amongst older people, negatively impacts on health, physical and cognitive function, enjoyment, maintenance of independence and quality of life. As well as the impact on the individual, malnutrition places a significant burden on the health and social economy due to the increased health and social care required when malnutrition persists unnoticed. Improvements in nutrition can bring tangible benefits to older people and many age-related diseases and conditions can be prevented, modulated or ameliorated through effective nutritional care.
This webinar will be dedicated to exploring the issues associated with malnutrition in older people and importantly what can be done. It will cover:
- Overlapping syndromes of frailty, sarcopenia and malnutrition
- Malnutrition as a cause and a consequence of disease
- The difference between nutrition screening and nutrition assessment.
- Integration of nutrition as a component of holistic care
- Practical and realistic approaches to optimise diet and food intake in older adults.
- The importance of monitoring and evaluating interventions – by whom and when
- Nutrition towards the end of life
About the Speaker
Dr Anne Holdoway
Dr Anne Holdoway is a Consultant Dietitian and Education Officer for the British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN). Her 35-year career as a dietitian includes strategic leadership positions in the medical nutrition industry and senior clinical posts in NHS dietetics, private practice and research. Combining teaching and consultancy work with clinical practice, she has worked with national organisations including NICE, BAPEN, the British Dietetic Association and the Royal College of Physicians.
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