Part of a YH programme at TUC Yrkeshögskola. This course cannot be applied for on its own. Programme code: UNDED20STO.
Nutrition for Good Health and Social Care, 15 YH credits, gives you knowledge of nutritional support in connection with medical treatment and care, and its importance for minimising complications and mortality. The course gives an understanding of the mealtime situation, specifically linked to the difficulties of people with dementia. You gain knowledge of disease- and age-related malnutrition, natural ageing, and how diseases such as diabetes and allergies, as well as end of life, affect appetite, nutritional needs and the meal experience.
Duration: 3 weeks
Language: Swedish
Level: Intermediate
CSN-eligible
Time commitment: 15 YH credits, equivalent to about 3 weeks of full-time study
The purpose and aim of the course is to give the student knowledge of nutritional support in connection with medical treatment and care, and its importance for minimising complications and mortality. The course also aims to give an understanding of the mealtime situation specifically linked to the difficulties of people with dementia.
The purpose and aim of the course is to give the student knowledge of nutritional support in connection with medical treatment and care, and its importance for minimising complications and mortality. The course also aims to give an understanding of the mealtime situation specifically linked to the difficulties of people with dementia.
What you will learn
What you learn.
You understand the importance of nutritional support in medical treatment and care.
You can relate the mealtime situation to the specific needs of people with dementia.
You know the causes of disease- and age-related malnutrition.
You understand how diseases such as diabetes and allergies affect nutritional and dietary needs.
You can adapt the meal experience for people at the end of life.
Curriculum
How the course is built.
The importance of nutritional support
The role of nutrition in medical treatment and care to reduce complications and mortality.
The mealtime situation in dementia
How the mealtime situation can be adapted to the needs of people with dementia.
Malnutrition in older and ill people
Causes and consequences of disease- and age-related malnutrition.
Diet in specific conditions
How diabetes, allergies and end of life affect appetite, nutritional needs and the meal experience.
Target audience
Who is this for?
The course is aimed at YH students in health and social care who will meet older and ill people in their future working life.
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