Putting Patients First: Malnutrition Care in the Community
Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Time: 12:00 - 13:15 ET
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This webinar is brought to you by CMTF as part of Canadian Malnutrition Awareness Week™ October 7 - 11, 2024 "ACT - Advocate, Collaborate, Transform"
This webinar is presented in English / Ce webinaire sera présenté en Anglais.
Webinar description:
Malnutrition in community dwelling adults and seniors is a serious health issue that needs to be addressed. After being discharged from hospital, one in four adult Canadian patients lose weight, and one in three aged >65 years living in the community are found to be at nutrition risk. Nutrition interventions provided in a primary & community setting or post hospital discharge have a positive impact on intake, quality of life, healthcare costs and even mortality.
Increasing awareness with primary care providers on the importance of nutrition to the health of their patients and how to screen, refer and intervene is needed. Patients, and family caregivers can help us to shape our efforts to Advocate, Collaborate and Transform nutrition care practices in a community setting.
In this panel session, a well known nutrition researcher will briefly review the evidence and knowledge around malnutrition in the community. This will be followed by an interactive interview style session in which patients, family, and caregivers will share their personal experiences with nutrition risk and care. Practical solutions for increasing awareness and advocating for malnutrition care will be shared.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this webinar the audience will be able to:
- Learn about the perspectives and experiences of patients/caregivers who have experienced nutrition risk across Canada
- Reflect on barriers and facilitators around nutrition care as described by patients and caregivers
- Consider opportunities for advocating for patients/caregivers and how their own practices can be improved
Speaker & Moderator: Heather Keller, RD, PhD, FDC, FCAHS, Schlegel Research Chair in Nutrition & Aging, University of Waterloo
Panelists: Patients and Caregivers from across Canada
About the Speaker:
Professor Keller is an internationally recognized expert in geriatric nutrition, assessment, and treatment. Her research areas focus on nutrition risk and malnutrition identification and treatment across care sectors; improving nutrition care processes and implementing screening and other best practices; supporting food intake of diverse groups living in the community, including those living with dementia; and improving hospital and residential food and promoting food intake and the mealtime experience in these settings. She has led several national research and knowledge translation projects, including the landmark Nutrition Care in Canadian Hospitals, More-2-Eat and Making the Most of Mealtimes in Long Term Care studies. Professor Keller has published more than 250 peer-reviewed articles and is currently the co-chair of CMTF’s Primary Care Working Group.
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