Demand on your CARE: Nutrition for Seniors, Eat Smart, Live Smart
CUHK
Welcome to CUHK's ELDER005!
Demand on your CARE: Nutrition for Seniors, Eat Smart, Live Smart
About this course
This course is part of a MOOC series of the "Jockey Club CADENZA e-Tools for Elder Care" funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust.
This course is open to health and social care professional or anyone who are interested to this subject in committing their effort in helping seniors to cope with nutritional issues. Dietary intake and nutritional status not only play a major role in the overall quality of health of older people, but also have an impact on their satisfaction with life. Healthy eating is not all about calorie counting and scouring food labels. Meals are also a time for connection, and good food is one of life's basic pleasures, at any age. Let's study this course to understand problems in eating and the healthy eating principles for older people.
The course opens on 30 April, 2020 and will run through identical issues till mid of 2025. Let us go through the "Jockey Club CADENZA e-Tools for Elder Care" in understanding eating problems among older people and how to improve or maintain good nutritional status.
As we age, it's vital to maintain good nutritional status for our physical health. However, older adults may have health problems that affect their appetites or eating. This could include conditions such as dementia and other chronic illnesses. They may also have dental problems that make it hard to chew or swallow foods. This course will provide the essential knowledge of nutritional issues among older people and the strategies to manage eating problem and tips to eat healthily.
This course is divided into 3 chapters. In addition, there will be quizzes. We estimate that you will need to spend no more than 3 contact hours on average to complete the course. It is in self-paced mode. You can study anytime and anywhere you want. We suggest you could study in a weekly basis for each chapter at your own schedule. Before you start, here is some helpful information for successful completion of this course.
Assessment
After study all the chapters, there will be an assessment consists of 20 quizzes. To facilitate your learning process, assessment are allowed to have multiple attempts. While answering the questions, you are free to refer back to the teaching videos for answers.
After completion of this course, certification of attendance or certification with 3 CNE points (Nurse only) will be awarded. Please refer to the information 'How to get certificate' for details.
What you will learn
- The importance of nutrition in older people
- The essentials of dietary intake and hydration for older people
- The importance of nutritional screening and assessment for community-dwelling older adults and those who reside in residential care homes
- The reasons for poor appetite in older people
- The best approaches to encourage seniors with eating problems to eat more
- Basic tips on diet and the healthy eating principles for older people
Requirements
There is no entry requirement.
Course Staffs
Prof. Jean WooDirector
CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing
Prof. Diana Lee
Professor of Nursing
CUHK The Nethersole School of Nursing
Ms. Chui Man Kwok
Nursing Officer
CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing
Dr. Maria Chui
Consultant
CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing
Enjoy the course!
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