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Helping Older People Eat and Drink Safely

CPD Listening Time:	38 Mins
Conference:	General Aged Care
Date Recorded:	8 Feb 2010
Location:	Victoria, Australia

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Helping Older People Eat and Drink Safely

How to safely meet the nutritional needs of the older person with swallowing difficulties.

How to assess if an elderly person requires this type of food.
What are the different levels of texture?
How do you prepare them in the home or residential environment?

Speaker: Christine Diamond

Christine Diamond is from the Melbourne Diabetics Centre.

Recorded: 8 Feb, 2010
Duration: 38 Mins
Conference: General Aged Care
Session in Conference: Preparing Textured Foods And Fluids
State: Victoria, Australia

Professional Reviews:

Elizabeth Oak Hardman (Saturday, 11 June 2011)

Interesting information especially highlighting the safety aspect in regard to nutrition of the elderly.

YIWEN YANG (Wednesday, 06 April 2011)

very useful information. very helpful.

Jacqueline Johnson (Wednesday, 27 October 2010)

It was very interesting, I have been working in Aged Care for 11 years and live in Cai s, nutrition and hydration in the elderly is very important as well as the safety aspect and it was good to review the subject again.