Planning Balanced Meals
Healthy eating over the lifespan helps us to feel good, manage weight, and prevent chronic disease
Principles of Cooking
Learn guidelines for buying, storing, preparing and cooking different types of ingredients and foods
Keeping Kitchens Clean and Food Safe
This course will identify best practices for personal hygiene, review best practices for cooking, cooling, and storing foods, and provide an overview of how to best clean kitchens and utensils.
Mealtime with Cardiovascular Disease
Through online lessons, recipe videos, and a knowledge check, caregivers will learn best practices for: Identifying diseases that can benefit from a heart-smart diet; Minimizing adverse health effects through thoughtful food and beverage choices; Identifying key nutrients and recommended servings for cardiovascular health; Serving food that tastes great while controlling sodium, saturated fat, and added sugar; Educating elders on food choices and offering encouragement to improve vitality and longevity
Mealtime with COPD
This course will discuss how choosing the right foods can help elders breathe better
Mealtime with Diabetes
Through online lessons, recipe videos and knowledge checks, caregivers will learn how to do the following:
Mealtime with Food Allergies and Celiac Disease
Through online lessons, recipe videos and knowledge checks, caregivers will learn how to do the following:
Get Ready, Get Set, Cook
The course covers the basics of planning and preparing meals for clients.
Caregivers Guide: Basic Cooking Skills
Review key topics in food safety, elder nutrition, meal planning, grocery shopping, seasoning and serving food and preparing everyday meals.
Caregivers Guide: Cooking for Chronic Conditions
Review nutrition considerations and mealtime management of Alzheimers and dementia, cardiovascular disease, COPD, food allergies and diabetes.
