Nutrition and Hydration

This popular Nutrition and Hydration course commences by talking about the various terms used when talking about nutrition and hydration in care environment. It touches on the basic elements of nutrition and eating a healthy balanced diet, identifies the reasons why vulnerable people might suffer with dehydration, what tools you can use to identify people that are at risk of malnutrition and the steps you can take to deal with this condition.

It is important that if you are part of a team responsible for people’s nutrition and hydration that you understand the terms that are being used, the nutritional requirements of the service users and the possible consequences of getting it wrong.