Online Training

Module 3: Dementia & Nutrition

Module Details

Dementia can have a significant impact on a person’s food intake and eating. This module describes ways to identify factors that can lead to malnutrition in people with cognitive impairment and provides practical solutions to optimise food choices and maintain nutrition for people with dementia.

This module is presented as follows:

Eight videos (approx. 50 minutes in total)
Downloadable resources
Dementia and nutrition quiz

Cost: $35

One-time payment for 12 months access

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What you will learn

Topics covered in Module 3 include:

Understanding Dementia
The meal environment
Table setting
Meal and food serving styles
Finger food
Preferences and choices
Meal time behaviours
Sourcing further information and assistance

Resources

Within this module, you’ll be able to access the following fact sheets, templates, examples and other resources:

My Quality Improvement Plan
Finger Food fact sheet
Dementia fact sheet
Dementia Mealtime Assessment Tool (“DMAT”)

Outcomes

At the completion of this module, you should have an understanding of:

The meaning of and issues surrounding dementia and healthy eating.
The ways that dementia can impact meal times and nutrition.
Strategies and tools to use in identifying dementia factors that can lead to malnutrition.
Practical, engaging, and effective solutions towards providing nutritious and enjoyable meal times for older people with dementia.