Building a Community Hub to Combat Older Adult Malnutrition
By Mary Walsh, National Council on Aging
Nearly every community has programs that can help older adults get the nutrition they need. But most seniors and their caregivers—and even many health care professionals—don’t know about the programs or how to connect wit [...]
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Building a Community Hub to Combat Ol...
Building a Community Hub to Combat Older Adult Malnutrition
By Mary Walsh, National Council on Aging
Nearly every community has programs that can help older adults get the nutrition they need. But most seniors and their caregivers—and even many health care professionals—don’t know about the programs or how to connect wit [...]
Closing the Gap
By Peggi Guenter, PhD, RN, FAAN, FASPEN
ASPEN Senior Director of Clinical Practice, Quality, and Advocacy
Today, every 60 seconds, 10 hospitalized patients with malnutrition are not diagnosed – that’s 15,000 patients per day. This is compared to over a decade ago, when 14 hospitalized patients with malnutrition were not diagnosed per minute ( [...]
Senior Nutrition: The Role of the Agi...
By Lura Barber, Director, Hunger Initiatives, National Council on Aging
At the National Council on Aging (NCOA), we work hand in hand with community-based organizations across the country to help older adults access the resources they need to be economically secure, food secure, and well nourished.
Last year, 3 million senior households lacke [...]
Thank you to our Malnutrition Awarene...
American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition would like to thank our sponsors and supporters for the 4th annual Malnutrition Awareness Week™.
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The Misnomer of “Failure to Thrive”: ...
During training, pediatricians learn the traditional definitions of malnutrition in children, which focus on nutrient scarcity. But such forms of malnutrition are rarely seen in the developed world. And they certainly don’t apply to Lucas, a now lively seven year old born with a rare genetic condition that causes gastroparesis, the inability [...]
What to Expect from Malnutrition Awar...
A.S.P.E.N.’s 4th annual Malnutrition Awareness Week™ is one week away and we’ve caught up with our session moderators – Mark Corkins, MD, CNSP, SPR, FAAP; Ainsley Malone, MS, RD, LD, CNSC, FAND, FASPEN; Jessica Monczka, RD, LDN, CNSC; and Kris Mogensen, MS, RD – to tell us what they are looking forward to during this week.
Q: Why does [...]
Are You Ready for Malnutrition Awaren...
A.S.P.E.N.’s 4th annual Malnutrition Awareness Week™ will be held September 28 – October 2, 2015.
In 2009, A.S.P.E.N. recognized a need for greater awareness of malnutrition, which is common in hospitalized patients in the United States and is associated with unfavorable outcomes including higher infection rates, poor would healing, longer le [...]
Kris Mogensen on Making Optimal Nutri...
Kris Mogensen, MS, RD, LDN, CNSC, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Department of Nutrition, Boston, MA
A.S.P.E.N.’s 3rd annual Malnutrition Awareness Week™ kicked off on Monday, September 15 with one webinar on Monday and a chat with the experts on Tuesday. Today at 4:00pm EST, Kris Mogensen, MS, RD, LDN, CNSC, of Brigham and Women’s Hospi [...]
Malnutrition Awareness Week(TM): Chat...
Susan Brantley, MS, RD, CNSD, LDN, Metabolic Support Nutritionist, University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville, Knoxville, TN
On Tuesday, September 16, Susan Brantley, MS, RD, CNSD, LDN, Metabolic Support Nutritionist, moderated the first live chat for this year’s Malnutrition Awareness Week™, on “How to Advocate for Yourself and Your [...]
What to Expect from Malnutrition Awar...
A.S.P.E.N.’s 3rd annual Malnutrition Awareness Week™ will be held September 15-19, 2014. This year’s Malnutrition Awareness Week™ will be packed full of educational programing and resource dissemination to help clinicians understand this often poorly diagnosed condition.
The week will kick off with an overview from Alan Parver on th [...]
