Canadian Malnutrition Awareness Week: Experiences With Nutrition Risk Screening in the Community: A Multidisciplinary Panel

Webinar description:

Nutrition screening is an important step in the prevention, detection & treatment of malnutrition. Older adults are particularly vulnerable, timeliness of screening has escalated due to staff/workplace challenges in a post pandemic era. Nutrition interventions, including those provided in a primary and community setting, have shown to result in a positive impact on intake, quality of life, health care costs and even mortality. Nutrition screening with validated tools and care pathways have been shown to be feasible in a family practice setting.

A “stronger together” approach is needed in a community setting where other medical professionals can work with dietitians to provide the best nutrition care. In this session, a well known nutrition researcher will briefly review the evidence and knowledge based pathways created around nutrition screening in older adults. This will be followed by an interactive interview style session in which MDs, RNs and a Clinical Program Lead from varying primary care settings across Canada will share their personal experiences with nutrition risk screening.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this webinar the audience will be able to:

1. learn about the evidence based nutrition pathways that pertain to older adults in the community,
2. reflect on novel approaches for nutrition screening as shared by the panel
3. explore ways to adopt best nutrition screening practices in their own settings

Panelists: 

Marjan Abbasi, MD CCFP CAC (COE) FCFP, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta

Lisa Peach, RN, Vancouver Coastal Health, BC

Ross Lepera, MD, CFPC, Adjunct Professor, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Windsor

Maggie Wallin, BMR-PT, CRE, Physiotherapist,Winnipeg, MB

Denis Tsang, MSc, MAN, RD, CHE, CDE, Clinical Programs Lead, Ontario Health; Vice-President, College of Dietitians of Ontario; Lecturer, University of Toronto

Moderator: Heather Keller RD PhD FDC FCAHS, Schlegel Research Chair in Nutrition & Aging, University of Waterloo.

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