Feeding Your Clients – Spanish
This course provides caregivers with an overview of the GI tract and the swallowing process.
Basic Nutrition and Hydration – Russian
This excellent inservice provides your caregivers with an overview of all the basics of nutrition and hydration.
Principles of Cooking
Learn guidelines for buying, storing, preparing and cooking different types of ingredients and foods.
Planning Balanced Meals
Healthy eating over the lifespan helps us to feel good, manage weight, and prevent chronic disease. Even in later years, eating well supports a healthy immune system and provides energy for daily activities.
Nutrition Basics in Home Health and Hospice – Chinese
This program is part of the Home Care Institute Aide series and provides general dietary guidelines so that aides can support the nutritional health of their patients.
Nutrition Basics in Home Health and Hospice – Russian
This program is part of the Home Care Institute Aide series and provides general dietary guidelines so that aides can support the nutritional health of their patients.
Nutrition Basics in Home Health and Hospice – Spanish
This program is part of the Home Care Institute Aide series and provides general dietary guidelines so that aides can support the nutritional health of their patients.
Nutrition for Diabetics – Interactive PDF
This course offers caregivers tips to help plan, prepare, and serve delicious and nutritious meals for diabetic clients.
Nutrition for the Elderly
This course covers the age-related changes that can impact nutrition and explains the Modified Food Pyramid for Older Adults.
Nutrition for the Elderly – Russian
This course covers the age-related changes that can impact nutrition and explains the Modified Food Pyramid for Older Adults.
Mealtime with Alzheimer’s and Dementia
Through online lessons, recipe videos and a knowledge check, caregivers will learn best practices for meeting an elder's nutritional needs, safe consumption of food and beverages, maintaining independence while dining—including food preferences and meeting expectations—and identifying and correcting sources of difficult behaviors during mealtime.
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.
