This course is designed for caregivers, including medical professionals, trained carers and family members caring for loved ones at home. It focuses on the crucial topics of proper nutrition and hydration in the care environment.
You will explore the importance of a well-balanced diet and adequate hydration for patient health and wellbeing, along with the various macronutrients and micronutrients required for optimal health. The course also covers how to assess, monitor and address malnutrition and dehydration, and how to provide nutrition and hydration to patients with health problems, cognitive disorders and specific dietary restrictions.
What You Will Learn
- The human body’s fluid requirements and how to ensure people in care have sufficient access to fluids
- The significance of good-quality nutrition for optimal patient health and wellbeing
- The challenges of providing satisfactory food and fluids to people in care, and potential solutions
- How to provide suitable nutrition for people in care with specific dietary requirements, whether from disease, food intolerances, or elective or cultural reasons
- The challenges of and solutions for providing adequate nutrition and hydration to people with cognitive decline, particularly Alzheimer’s
This 5-module, 3.75-hour course is part of our care courses, alongside our wider CPD courses.
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