Nutrition and Hydration in Aged Care
Finding an appetite for nutrition. Learn how to identify signs and symptoms of de-hydration and malnutrition in older Australians and discover strategies to help you promote nutrition.
Description
A healthy nutritional diet and upkeep of hydration is an important factor to everyone's life. When it comes to older Australians, the risks heighten, and more support is needed to improve and maintain their health outcomes.
In this set, workers will learn how to identify early signs and causes of appetite loss, malnutrition and dehydration, along with best strategies to help improve quality of life and health for the older
Australians in their care.
Learning Objective
By the end of this question set, learner's will be able to:
- Identify causes of appetite loss and dehydration to determine possible intervention strategies.
- List ways to support older Australians with appetite loss or low fluid intake to improve their health outcomes.
- Identify signs of dehydration or malnutrition to enable prompt actions for its management.
Questions
- Anorexia of ageing
- Malnutrition
- Obesity
- Loss of appetite
- Xerostomia
- Loss of taste and smelli
- Oral health
- Signs of malnutrition
- Dehydration
- Hydration for improved nutrition
- Dhysphagia
- Effects of dehydration
- Mild dehydration
- Causes of dehydration
- Strategies for dehydration
- Incontinence
Nutrition and Hydration in Aged Care
Finding an appetite for nutrition. Learn how to identify signs and symptoms of de-hydration and malnutrition in older Australians and discover strategies to help you promote nutrition.
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