Nutritional Requirements Course
This course equips you with essential skills for meeting nutritional needs of adults in long-term care facilities. You will master dysphagia diet strategies, nutrition for chronic conditions like diabetes and hypertension, meal planning, intake monitoring, and ethical practices to provide safe, personalised care that improves resident health and wellbeing.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
Gain practical skills to evaluate energy, protein, and fluid requirements for adults, create safe meals for long-term care settings, and manage swallowing difficulties using texture-altered foods and thickened drinks. Learn to handle chronic illnesses, track food intake and body weight, adhere to safety protocols, and address ethical dilemmas, patient refusals, and family issues with proper records.
Elevify advantages
Develop skills
- Plan dysphagia diets using IDDSI framework for safe texture changes.
- Develop tailored menus for long-term care with portion control for specific health needs.
- Adapt nutrition plans for managing diabetes, high blood pressure, and weight issues.
- Monitor food and fluid intake, weight changes, and risks with accurate records.
- Handle ethical challenges including refusals, consent, and cultural food choices.
Suggested summary
Before starting, you can change the chapters and workload. Choose which chapter to start with. Add or remove chapters. Increase or decrease the course workload.What our students say
FAQs
Who is Elevify? How does it work?
Do the courses have certificates?
Are the courses free?
What is the course workload?
What are the courses like?
How do the courses work?
What is the duration of the courses?
What is the cost or price of the courses?
What is an online course and how does it work?
PDF Course