Nutrition and Older Adults
You are invited to the Adelaide G-TRAC Healthy Ageing seminar series.
The Centre continues to run seminars and workshops on key topics relevant to the health and care of older people. Delivered by a range of experts in these fields, consumers, as well as health and aged care practitioners, are welcome to attend.
The next seminar will focus on nutrition.
Controversies with Weight Management Strategies in Older Adults
– Dr Natalie Luscombe-Marsh – B.Sc., PhD
Dr Luscombe-Marsh will examine the consequences of unintentional changes in body weight, when and how to identify risk of malnutrition, the issues with the current Australian Dietary guidelines for this population, and key strategies that should be implemented to better manage the weight and health of older adults.
Causes and Consequences of Weight Loss in the Ageing Person
– Donna Preston – RN, MNP, Grad. Dip CHPC
The factors contributing to under-nutrition are many and varied and involve aspects such as functional capacity, psychosocial and physical. Identifying the factors that have impacted on under-nutrition in older adults is paramount in facilitating successful and sustained change.
When:
Thursday 16 August
4.00-6.00pm
Where:
Adelaide G-TRAC Centre
61 Silkes Rd (Entrance 2)
Paradise
SA 5075
Further Information & Registration:
Book seminar tickets
Contact:
Nina Wiltshire
Email: gtrac@adelaide.edu.au | Phone: (08) 8313 2144
Refreshments will be served