This course is designed to equip learners with an understanding of the unique nutritional needs of older people. It will explore how to effectively link nutritional requirements to food and fluid provision, ensuring optimal health and well-being and address the most common nutritional challenges faced by older people. It will offer actionable strategies to overcome these barriers, empowering learners to make a meaningful impact on the lives of older people.
Welcome to the Nutrition, Hydration, and the Dining Experience for Older People course. This course explores how nutrition, hydration, and the overall dining experience impact the health and wellbeing of older people in aged care facilities. It will help you understand the importance of creating a person-centred dining environment and supporting enjoyable mealtimes.
This course has been designed to provide you with an understanding of how to care for older people living with dysphagia. It will also introduce you to texture-modified diets which can help ensure older people living with dysphagia receive adequate nutrition and hydration and help to prevent malnutrition and dehydration.
This course has been designed to provide learners with an understanding of: the key elements of person-centred continence care how to implement person-centred continence care in aged care the benefits of person-centred continence care, and strategies to manage urinary and faecal incontinence.
This course has been developed to provide an understanding of the different types of incontinence that an older person may experience.
By the end of this short course, you'll be able to identify five types of sensitive information and use a three-question safety framework before sharing anything with AI tools.
