Liz Friedrich – Nourishing the Older Adult: Challenges and Controversies – PESI

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Speaker: Liz Friedrich, MPH, RDN, CSG, LDN, FAND, NWCC

Format: Audio and Video

Copyright:Sep 29, 2022  

Media Type: Digital Seminar

Description

In this session, Liz will provide a general overview of the nutritional needs of older adults and components of nutrition assessment that are unique to this population. She will outline key nutrients needed by older adults, the roles they play, and food sources of those nutrients. She will discuss the use of dietary supplements and other ways to meet an older adult’s unique nutritional needs.  She will also address topics that are perceived to be controversial including the obesity paradox, the use of therapeutic diets for disease management of older adults, and the relationship of diet to cognitive decline.

Speaker

Liz Friedrich, MPH, RDN, CSG, LDN, FAND, NWCC
Friedrich Nutrition Consulting

Liz Friedrich, MPH, RDN, CSG, LDN, FAND, NWCC, is a registered Dietician Nutritionist and president of Friedrich Nutrition Consulting, which provides a variety of nutrition consulting services with a focus on gerontological nutrition. Liz has more than 25 years of experience as a hands-on clinician in long-term care facilities. She has also authored or co-authored numerous articles in journals and magazines on nutrition and aging, wound healing, and end of life care. She is an accomplished speaker on those same topics as well other subject areas relevant to older adults. Liz also serves as an expert witness in cases against long-term care facilities and registered dietitian nutritionists. Liz is Board Certified as a Specialist in Gerontological Nutrition, is a fellow in the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and is Nutrition Wound Care Certified.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Elizabeth Friedrich maintains a private practice and receives a speaking honorarium from Hormel Health Labs. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. All relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations have been mitigated.
Non-financial: Elizabeth Friedrich serves on the Hormel Health Labs advisory council.

Objectives

1. Identify at least 4 factors related to aging that can affect nutritional status in older adults.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of macronutrients needed for the health of older adults.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of micronutrients needed for the health of older adults.
4. Select appropriate nutrition interventions to help promote health and longevity in older adults.

Outline

Introduction

• Demographics and health status of older adults

• Life expectancy
• Health status/Health concerns of older adults
• Where do older adults reside (community dwelling vs. post-acute care)
• Rates of obesity and frailty

Nutrition assessment of older adults

• Factors unique to older adults
• Identifying over nutrition and under nutrition

• Body mass index
• Serum albumin
• Academy/ASPEN criteria for identification of malnutrition
• Potential barriers to providing effective nutrition interventions

Nutrients needed for good health

• Food sources
• Roles of nutrients in the body
• Use of dietary supplements to meet nutritional needs
• Meeting nutritional needs when food intake is inadequate

Controversies

• The obesity paradox
• Using therapeutic diets to treat disease
• Can diet prevent cognitive decline?

Target Audience

• Nurses
• Nurse Practitioners
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Physical Therapists
• Physical Therapist Assistants
• Physician Assistants
• Speech Language Pathologists
• Other Healthcare Professionals

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