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Aging with Dignity Position Statement
Aging with Dignity Bilateral Deals – An Important Investment but lacks focus on food and nutrition
CNS and CMTF request that the importance of food and nutrition care be clearly articulated as part of these Aging with Dignity Bilateral investments.
Food Insecurity: Where to from here?
CMTF Primary and Community Care Mentoring Session March 13
Register soon for this mentoring session with Gerry Kasten, RD, MSc FDC, Lecturer, Food Nutrition and Health, University of British Columbia. See details below.
Updated Success Guide-nutrition screening for community living older adults
Created by Nutrition Services-Alberta Health Service
This comprehensive guide is for health professionals and community organizations interested in setting up nutrition screening for older adults (65 yrs +) in the community. Updated in January 2024, it is available in ENG and FRE, and available in CMTF’s Primary Care Malnutrition Toolkit.
New video on Nutrition Risk Screening in Hospitals!
Check out this 3-minute video on why nutrition screening in hospital is important and how to conduct screening using the CNST. Created by Heather Keller PhD RD FDC FCAHS and Shelly Dhaliwal BSc. A great tool to increase awareness amongst health care professionals.
Managing Home Enteral Nutrition in the Community (in adults)
CMTF Primary & Community Care Mentoring Session Feb 7
Interested in engaging in discussions with speaker Dr. Don Duerksen MD, FRCPC and dietitian peers about managing home enteral nutrition in the community? See details and registration link below.
CMTF Peds (P-INPAC) Pilot Study has started!
Under the leadership of Principal Investigator Jessie Hulst, MD, PhD and a multi-disciplinary research team, this study will explore the feasibility of screening & assessment, in pediatric wards at 3 hospitals. Recruitment started at the Hospital for Sick Children in Sep 2023. Click to see study poster.
CMAW2023 "Stronger Together" webinars
Summary document now available
The main messages from each of the CMAW 2023 webinars have been summarized in a 2-page document that is now available for download.
New Publication shows promise of partnering with Community Based Models
COMRISK study Geary R et al Can J Aging. 2023
Prof Cathy Chan and Marlis Atkins are amongst the authors of this new publication that shows partnering with community-based organizations (CBO) to conduct nutrition risk screening in community dwelling older adults is feasible, acceptable, and appropriate.
Kingston General Hospital embraces Stronger Together to spread awareness
CMAW 2023 Success Story
Paola Hunter RD shares how her CMAW team at the Kingston General Hospital engaged hospital staff through roving cart trivia challenges, prizes, Lunch & Learn on muscle wasting, blogs, and a dietitian education session. Check out the details:
Malnutrition Presentation for Health Care Providers
New! Now available
Heather Keller, Katherine Ford, Rupinder Dhaliwal & Shelly Dhaliwal have created a new presentation “Hospital Malnutrition: Screening, Assessment, and Intervention” geared for Health Care Professionals. Available in the HCP / Advocacy section of the website, at the link below.