Identification and Management of Malnutrition in Older Adults, 2nd Edition
Course Overview
This course is designed to provide healthcare team members with comprehensive information on the assessment, monitoring, and management of malnutrition in older adults. The course aims to equip participants with the skills to identify etiology-based nutrition diagnoses, understand the prevalence and impact of malnutrition, recognize signs and symptoms of nutritionally at-risk adults, and implement effective nutritional assessments and interventions. The course also covers the adverse effects of common medications on appetite, the importance of nutrition and hydration in improving patient outcomes, and current efforts by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to enhance patient safety and quality. Participants will learn to develop protocols for interprofessional healthcare team members to manage malnutrition effectively.
Learning Outcomes
Upon the completion of this course, the learner should be able to:
- Categorize the three etiology-based nutrition diagnoses in adults in clinical practice settings.
- Determine the prevalence of malnutrition and its impact on clinical outcomes.
- Differentiate signs and symptoms of nutritionally at-risk adults.
- Order the most common clinical diagnoses of people with the highest rates of malnutrition.
- Relate adverse effects of common medications affecting appetite and resulting in decreased nutritional intake.
- Organize effective laboratory data and nutritional assessments for identification of malnutrition.
- Analyze the evidence supporting the positive impact nutrition and hydration has on improving functional and occupational outcomes.
- Analyze the current Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) efforts to improve patient safety and quality.
- Apply example protocols to be recommended for each member of the interprofessional healthcare team for management of malnutrition.
About the Author/Presenter
Lisa Milliken, MA, CCC-SLP, FNAP, CDP, has served as a practitioner, regional manager, vice president, consultant, compliance director, and education specialist. She has lectured at the state and national levels with over 400 professional continued education courses on topics of importance to healthcare professionals. She is also a certified Alzheimer’s disease and dementia care trainer and has mentored team members across the country in senior retirement communities on clinical programming for the past 30 years.
She is the director of research and program development for Regency Integrated Health Therapy Consulting. She is also the owner of Milliken Healthcare Consulting, where she teaches conferences across the country. Lisa is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, where she serves as a state advocate for Medicare policy for Texas, is president of the Texas Speech-Language and Hearing Association (TSHA), and is a distinguished fellow of public policy for the National Academies of Practice. She is also an advisor to the Houston Christian University’s Leadership Program and lives in Houston, Texas.
Audience/Accreditations and Approvals
TRC Healthcare/ NetCE
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by TRC Healthcare/ NetCE. TRC Healthcare/NetCE is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This course is designed for the following healthcare professions (select your profession for details):
Nursing, Physician
Colibri Healthcare
This course is designed for the following healthcare professions (select your profession for details):
Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy
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