Nutrition Course in Gerontology and Geriatrics
Objectives:
- Provide comprehensive and integrative knowledge on the provision of food/nutritional care to the elderly, living independently or benefiting from the support of different social responses;
- Provide multidisciplinary knowledge, which allow understanding the relevance of determinants of various types in the eating habits and nutritional status of the elderly and their consequent quality of life;
- Understand the differences in nutritional needs throughout the aging process;
- Training for the transfer of knowledge in practices of excellence with elderly people and their caregivers: formal and informal.
Duration: 25h, e-learning.
