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Caregivers' Guide to Nutrition: Essential Insights for Supporting Older Adults' Dietary Needs

This comprehensive guide, crafted by The HPPAE Cohort of 2013, provides invaluable insights for caregivers of older adults regarding nutrition. It highlights the significance of proper dietary practices, addressing the prevalent issues of malnutrition, especially among homebound seniors. The guide includes information on chronic conditions like Alzheimer's, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes. Caregivers will find practical advice on meal planning, stimulating interest in eating, and utilizing community resources. Our user-friendly approach distills essential knowledge into actionable steps, equipping caregivers to better support their loved ones.

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Caregivers' Guide to Nutrition: Essential Insights for Supporting Older Adults' Dietary Needs

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  1. Caregivers’ Guide to nutrition: A comprehensive guide for individuals caring for older adults Presents The HPPAE Cohort of 2013:

  2. Introducing:Caitlin ButtersErin KulishekCourtney OrtzLauren PolitoElizabeth Zimmerman-Clayton

  3. Why Nutrition and Caregiving?

  4. Why is it Important?

  5. 5% of elderly live in long-term care facilities. Most receive care by informal supports. Perceived knowledge is greater than actual knowledge. Malnutrition is twice as likely to occur with homebound older adults.

  6. Methods

  7. Top chronic conditions listed • Alzheimer’s Disease /Dementia • Cardiovascular issues • Diabetes • Depression and Anxiety • Arthritis

  8. How often do you prepare meals for the individual you care for?

  9. What do caregivers need to know more about in regards to older adult nutrition? • Top Responses: • Meal planning • Creating interest in eating • Community resources • Healthy/organic eating

  10. How have you obtained information regardingthe nutritional needs for the person you provide care for in the past? Top Responses • Internet • Reading • Professional/professional organization

  11. Implications for site • Past researchsuggests that caregivers found many resources to be “too detailed” • We have taken this into consideration and made every attempt to create site that is user friendly and easy to navigate • Past research has focused on physical health and nutrition

  12. Caregivers’ Guide To Nutrition

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