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Success Stories
Health care providers and others have shared their personal experiences and Success Stories to help us understand how to tackle malnutrition issues in Canada.
November 18, 2024 - Health Care Professional
Simple screening tool gets kids the nutrition they need
Story by Jason Morton
Submitted by Laura Carter RD
CALGARY — When it comes to a child’s health, nutrition plays a critical role in recovery and development. A new initiative at Alberta Children’s Hospital (ACH) is helping ensure kids get the nutrition support they need from the moment they…
September 27, 2024 - Health Care Professional
Advancing Malnutrition Care through Dietetic Practical Training
Whether you’re a seasoned Dietitian or an aspiring one, we all share a passion for understanding the science and art of dietetics and contributing to its progress. Thanks to the Canadian Malnutrition Task Force (CMTF), significant advancements in malnutrition care are happening across the country. Dietitians and Dietetic…
November 2, 2023 - Health Care Professional
CMAW 2023 Success Story at Kingston General Hospital
This year at Kingston General Hospital's Canadian Malnutrition Awareness Week, we embraced the "Stronger Together" theme and endeavored to spread awareness to other health care professionals outside the dietitian department.
The CMAW team hosted the following events:
- Lunch-and-Learn with the Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy teams on malnutrition and muscle…
October 4, 2023 - Health Care Professional
“We Need People to Feed People!” A success story on how Dietitians, Food Services and Volunteers collaborated to address malnutrition among hospital in-patients
Malnutrition in hospitals is a serious and common problem that is often not detected, diagnosed or treated. One in two adults and one in three children are malnourished upon hospital admission and are at risk of further deterioration while in hospital. Malnutrition is associated with…
October 14, 2022 - Health Care Professional
2021-Promoting Malnutrition Awareness & Nutrition Screening in Oncology at Guelph General Hospital
Malnutrition and weight loss are common in cancer patients. Progressive malnutrition can negatively affect clinical outcomes such as weight, treatment disruptions, quality of life and survival rates. ASPEN clinical guidelines recommend that patients with cancer should undergo nutrition screening to identify those who require formal nutrition assessment and the…
October 14, 2022 - Health Care Professional
Dietetic Interns lead Malnutrition Awareness Week 2022 at Hamilton Health Sciences
This year at Hamilton Health Sciences, a group of dietetic interns worked to design Canadian Malnutrition Awareness Week, which took place October 3rd - 7th, as part of their population health rotation. The theme for Canadian Malnutrition Awareness Week for 2022 was “Malnutrition Care for All.” Using webinars, educational…
November 26, 2021 - Health Care Professional
Hamilton Health Sciences Dietitians and Assistants raise awareness for Canadian Malnutrition Awareness Week 2021!
The registered dietitians and dietetic assistants at Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) are excited to share our success story from this year’s Malnutrition Awareness Week! Our main goal was to raise awareness about malnutrition in our hospitals with staff, patients and families. Our Activities: -Shared our success story with getting nutrition…
November 26, 2021 - Health Care Professional
Canadian Malnutrition Awareness Week 2021 at Alberta Health Services
Alberta Health Services (AHS) is a provincewide, fully integrated health system, responsible for delivering health services to more than 4.4 million people living in Alberta. We have proudly celebrated Canadian Malnutrition Awareness Week (CMAW) since 2015 through various communications activities. For 2021, our activities included: • Printed and distributed over…
November 26, 2021 - Health Care Professional
“Making Meals Matter through Lived Experience” by Stephanie Cox RD, AHS
During mealtimes, I’d often see patients being interrupted. I would see physicians doing patient rounds at breakfast time, lab techs drawing blood mid-meal, or nurses providing medications at lunch. With the support from AHS Nutrition Services and Patient Engagement departments I organized a lived mealtime experience for staff. It included…
October 2, 2018 - Health Care Professional
Canadian Malnutrition Week 2018
Providence Health Care had a great time celebrating this year's Malnutrition Week with patients and colleagues. For pictures and a summary of events, please follow this link: http://phcnews.ca/news/canadian-malnutrition-week-recap-photos-and-more From your supportive PHC Dietitians
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