May 22, 2012

Food Service in Dementia Care Preview

Is your resident agitated or overwhelmed at mealtime? Do their reduced motor skills make it difficult for them to feed themselves? This video explores techniques and strategies to adjust food and nutrition service to the needs and abilities of your residents. Challenges and interventions for diminished sense of taste and thirst, and loss of motor skills are addressed. See actual real world, effective techniques demonstrated to optimize the food service experience in your facility. Running time approximately 20 minutes. Visit www.advhs.com to order.
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Nutrition in Advancing Dementia

Alva S. Baker, MD, CMD, discusses how nutrition can affect individuals with advancing dementia. Dr. Baker is the Director of The Center for the Study of Aging at McDaniel College, an Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, as well as a core faculty member with the Copper Ridge Institute