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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. 

CMTF’s First Podcast

Addressing Malnutrition Stronger Together

Listen to Canadian Malnutrition Task Force’s first podcast to kick off CMAW 2023 in which Rupinder Dhaliwal interviews Heather Keller on the role of malnutrition on health, its impact on the healthcare system, and the key CMTF initiatives. Listen at the link below. 

NL Health Services Dietitians, Food Service and Volunteers collaborate to address Malnutrition

CMAW 2023 Success Story