Clinical Insights in Geriatrics: Assessing and Optimizing the Nutritional Status of Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Family physicians and other primary care and long-term care physicians, pharmacists, nursing directors, physician assistants, nurses, registered dietitians, and nurse practitioners involved in the care of older adults.
Family Physicians: 0.5 Prescribed credit
Malnutrition in older adults is commonly seen in the community, hospitals, long-term care, and across all practice settings. The prevalence of undernutrition in older adults is estimated at 1% to 5% in community dwellers, 20% in hospitalized older adults, and 37% in the long-term care setting. Malnutrition often leads to avoidable health and economic burdens in older adults including reduced quality of life, compromised ability to recover from medical conditions, and greater mortality and complications while hospitalized.
Kenneth Schmader, MD
Connie Watkins Bales, PhD, RD
Susan Roberts, MS, RD, LD, CNSC
Todd W. Canada, PharmD, BCNSP, FASHP
Mary Campagnolo, MD, MBA, FAAFP, DABFM, CAQ-Geriatrics
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Dr. Schmader discloses receiving research support from Merck.
Dr. Bales has no relevant financial conflicts to disclose.
Ms. Roberts has no relevant financial conflicts to disclose.
Dr. Canada discloses acting as a consultant for Baxter Healthcare, Inc.
Dr. Campagnolo has no relevant financial conflicts to disclose.
Participants must view the activity in its entirety, successfully complete the post-test, and submit an evaluation to receive continuing pharmacy education credit. Credit will be awarded for a score of 80% or better, and a statement may be printed immediately after passing the post-test.
This Enduring Material activity, Assessing and Optimizing the Nutritional Status of Community-Dwelling Older Adults, has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 0.50 Prescribed credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians. AAFP accreditation begins February 01, 2012. Term of approval is for one year from this date. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This knowledge-based activity, ACPE Universal Activity #0203-9999-12-018-H01-P, has been assigned 0.5 Contact Hour (0.05 CEU).
NADONA/LTC is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by Georgia Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation #1088. This activity provides 0.5 contact hour by NADONA/LTC.
AKH Inc. is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). Registered dietitians (RDs) and dietetic technicians, registered (DTRs) will receive 0.5 continuing professional education units (CPEUs) for completion of this program/material. CDR Accredited Provider #AN008. The focus of this activity is rated Level 2. Learners may submit evaluations of program/materials quality to the CDR at www.cdrnet.org.
This activity is supported by an educational grant from Abbott Nutrition.
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