PPT-Nutritional Considerations for Older Adults

Tamara Deschaine RDN LD CDE Objectives Identify nutrients of concern for older adults and good sources of those nutrients Describe adequate protein intake and good sources of protein Discuss concerns with dehydration and adequate fluid intake. Marlette B. Reed, . BEd. , MA. Annette M. Lane, RN, PhD. Sandra P. Hirst, RN, PhD, GCC. What does existential mean?. Pertaining to purpose and meaning. Personhood: what it means to be human. . -the bigger issues of life – and death – as they pertain to who one is: Who am I? What does life mean? Will I cease to exist after I die?. Outreach & Prevention. Jody Bechtold, LCSW, NCGC-II, BACC. Why Focus on . Older Adults?. Source: A Profile of Older Americans: 2003, Administration on Aging, HHS. Changing Demographics: . More . Elderly. Shawn M Lang, Director of Public Policy. CT AIDS Resource Coalition. HIV/AIDS and Older Adults. What are HIV and AIDS?. H. uman . I. mmunodeficiency . V. irus. A. cquired. . I. mmunodeficiency . D. in . Older. Adults. Ronni . Chernoff. , PhD, RD, . CSG, FADA. Life Expectancy of Selected Populations. Older adults may seem to have an acceptable nutritional profile but then may decompensate when faced with a physiologic crisis. IN ALAMEDA COUNTY. . March 2016. DEMOGRAPHICS &. SOCIAL DETERMINANTS . OF HEALTH. Age Distribution of Population . in Alameda County. Source: US Census Bureau, 1980 and 2010. Age Pyramid, 1980. B. Renee Dugger, DNP, RN, . GCNS-BC*. *. Special acknowledgement and thanks to Meredith Wallace PhD, APRN, A/GNP-BC and the Geriatric Nursing Education Consortium (GNEC. ) for resources utilized for this presentation . Adults. Ronni . Chernoff. , PhD, RD, . CSG, FADA. Life Expectancy of Selected Populations. Older adults may seem to have an acceptable nutritional profile but then may decompensate when faced with a physiologic crisis. A RAFT Presentation . Statistics About Depression and Older Adults. An estimated 7 million of the nation’s 39 million adults aged 65 years and older are affected by depression, but only 10% receive treatment.. EXHIBIT 1. Note: Differences between US and all other surveyed countries except AUS were statistically significant at the p < 0.05 level.. Data: Commonwealth Fund 2021 International Health Policy Survey of Older Adults.. Tier 3. Psychosis. What is psychosis?. ‘Some loss of contact with reality’. This might involve hallucinations or delusions’ (NHS). Hallucinations – hearing voices/ seeing things/ sensation that someone is touching them/ experiencing smells that are not there. Mindy J. Fain, MD. Gregory K. Mayer, MD, MBA. June 4, 2020. COVID-19 and Older Adults: . An Overview. ASU College of Health Solutions. June 4, 2020. Mindy J. Fain, MD. Co-Director, . UArizona. Center on Aging. Tier 2 . Eating disorder . An eating disorder is when the person has an unhealthy attitude to food which can over their life and make them ill.. It can involve eating too much or too little, and/ or becoming obsessed with their body and shape. What is trauma?. Individual trauma results from an event, series of events, or set of circumstances that is experienced by an individual as physically or emotionally harmful or life threatening and that has lasting adverse effects on the individual’s functioning and mental, physical, social, emotional, or spiritual well-being. What is trauma?. Individual trauma results from an event, series of events, or set of circumstances that is experienced by an individual as physically or emotionally harmful or life threatening and that has lasting adverse effects on the individual’s functioning and mental, physical, social, emotional, or spiritual well-bein.