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Op-Ed: Who Are the REAL Nutrition Experts?

I recently had a conversation with an individual about why I consider myself an expert in older adult and elderly nutrition. After all, I don’t …

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Nutrition Care Plans: How Do I Build One?

Check off another box for ‘What Dietitians are never trained on.’ Nutrition Care Plans are absolutely essential for the health of our patients. Yet Dietitians …

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Nutrition Care Plan Example: Unintentional Weight Loss

Do you want a simple and straight forward nutrition care plan example from someone who spent YEARS building them? Then you’re in the right place! …

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Find the Root Causes of Weight Loss in Elderly!

Causes of elderly weight loss can be a struggle to find. Elderly patients have multiple comorbidities, medications, diagnoses, cognitive issues, and more. It takes a …

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Op Ed: Why Long Term Care Dietitians Quit

I’m sure you’ve seen the trend that there is a high turnover of long term care Dietitians. We tend to see a significant number of …

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Op-Ed: Why IDDSI Doesn’t Work in Long Term Care

As Dietitians we’ve all heard of IDDSI being implemented for years now, but with COVID we saw a big delay. If we’re being honest, I’m …

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Comfort Feeding End of Life: A Dietitian Conversation

Comfort feeding end of life is a very important topic to discuss for Dietitians. It’s during these times that the resident’s loved ones need arguably …

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