Geriatric Nutrition Course + 6 ECTS Credits

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Geriatric Nutrition Course + 6 ECTS Credits

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$174.00
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Duration

150 hours

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Credits

6 ECTS

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Language

Spanish

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Graduated in Human Nutrition and Dietetics, with a Master's Degree in Personalized and Community Nutrition and a Professional Certificate in Teaching for Employment Training. He has extensive experience in the field of Clinical and Sports Nutrition, as well as in the implementation and delivery of specialized training aimed at different groups. In addition, it develops educational materials in the area of ​​nutrition and dietetics, based on scientific evidence and aimed at practical application in professional and training contexts.

Teaching experience:

Teacher in specialized training in nutrition: Design and implementation of training actions; Development of educational materials based on scientific evidence; Training adapted to different groups.

Professional experience:

Specialist in Clinical and Sports Nutrition: Nutritional advice in a clinical setting; Nutritional planning in sports.

Professional skills:

Clinical Nutrition; Sports Nutrition; Personalized and community nutrition; Design of nutrition training based on scientific evidence.

Languages:

Portuguese (B1).

Graduated in Human Nutrition and Dietetics, with a Master's Degree in Personalized and Community Nutrition and a Professional Certificate in Teaching for Employment Training. He has extensive experience in the field of Clinical and Sports Nutrition, as well as in the implementation and delivery of specialized training aimed at different groups. In addition, it develops educational materials in the area of ​​nutrition and dietetics, based on scientific evidence and aimed at practical application in professional and training contexts.

Teaching experience:

Teacher in specialized training in nutrition: Design and implementation of training actions; Development of educational materials based on scientific evidence; Training adapted to different groups.

Professional experience:

Specialist in Clinical and Sports Nutrition: Nutritional advice in a clinical setting; Nutritional planning in sports.

Professional skills:

Clinical Nutrition; Sports Nutrition; Personalized and community nutrition; Design of nutrition training based on scientific evidence.

Languages:

Portuguese (B1).

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Description

This course in Dietetics and Nutrition in the Elderly offers specialized training in the subject. Nowadays, concern about everything that refers to dietetics and human nutrition is already very high and is justified by a series of factors, among which we highlight a greater demand for quality of life in contemporary Western society that translates into the search for a better, healthier and more balanced diet. The appropriate diet to enjoy good health is the result of the application of basic knowledge that demonstrates the links between the intake of certain foods and some pathologies, such as cardiovascular diseases, arteriosclerosis, obesity, diabetes, etc. With these skills in dietetics and nutrition, applied to the Elderly that the student will receive in this course, he will be able to direct his professional future towards work in Dietetic Consultations, Nutrition Franchises, Diet Preparation Teams in Hospitals, Residences for the Elderly, etc.

Job opportunities

Work as a Dietitian-Nutritionist Assistant in medical offices, in the preparation of balanced menus in nursing homes, hotel complexes, school cafeterias, etc.

What does it prepare you for?

This course in Dietetics and Nutrition in the Elderly enables the student to adequately know foods and their nutrients, the diseases and dysfunctions of a person in this period, as well as the energy needs in the elderly, thus being able to work as a professional in the preparation of menus in geriatric centers, dietetics consultations, hospitals, etc. Combine all the factors that determine eating behavior in the individual, such as social and traditional customs. Know the appropriate process of dietary change, with its respective speed and different stages, to avoid adverse effects on the health of the elderly. Know and adapt the fundamental factors of feeding the elderly: quantity, frequency and balance. Know and detect the causes of malnutrition in the elderly, both physiological and psychosocial.

Who is it addressed to?

This course in Dietetics and Nutrition in the Elderly is aimed at Health Professionals who work in Dietetics and Nutrition centers and care services for the elderly, especially Residences for the Elderly, or who intend to specialize in this group.

Objectives

- Present the basic concepts of dietetics and nutrition, applied to the elderly. - Know the specific nutritional needs of the person at the time of old age. - Offer a vision of the nutritional needs of the person in various physiological states: diabetes, coronary heart disease, osteoporosis, obesity. - Provide the necessary knowledge to develop a dietary plan appropriate to the changes inherent in this vital stage.

Geriatric Nutrition Course + 6 ECTS Credits

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