Dysphagia and Nutrition

This program is offered for .3 CEUs or 3 hours of continuing professional development (Introductory Level: Professional area). Price: $75.00

Michael A. Crary, Ph.D., FASHA, is a professor of Speech-Language Pathology in the Department of Communicative Disorders at the University of Florida Health Science Center. He served as Department Chair from 1995 - 2001. Currently, he is the Director of the Florida Dysphagia Institute, a Type III Center at the Health Science Center. Dr. Crary specializes in disorders of swallowing in adults, and motor speech disorders in children.

He has published and lectured extensively, including internationally on these topics. Dr. Crary's clinical achievements were recognized in 1994 with the Florida Speech-Language and Hearing Association's Clinical Achievement Award, and in 1995 with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Associations's Outstanding Clinical Achievement Award. In 1998 he was recognized as a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. He serves on the professional advisory board of the Childhood Apraxia of Speech Society of North America, and is a member of the Dysphagia Research Society. At present, Dr. Crary is funded to conduct clinical research in the area of swallowing rehabilitation and remains active in patient care.

Participants will learn causes, effects, and treatments for Involuntary Weight Loss and Protein Energy Malnutrition in patients in Long Term Care and Radiation Therapy, and in those with stroke and other disease processes.

Learning objectives include:

• List the causes of malnutrition
• Define terms related to malnutrition
• List populations at risk for inadequate nutritional intake
• List complications from involuntary weight loss
• Describe physicial and biochemical findings that are a direct result of protein energy malnutrition (PEM)
• List treatments for PEM
• Define/describe terms related to treatment of PEM
• List causes of dehydration
• List daily fluid intake recommendations
• Define and list anabolic agents
• List statistics related to PEM and Involuntary weight loss in LTC, stroke and RT patients
• List the statistics regarding tube feeding and nutrition in LTC, stroke, and RT patients
• List the causes for Involuntary Weight Loss in the elderly in LTC
• List the situations that indicate Involuntary Weight Loss in the elderly in LTC
• List the features of malnutrition discussed using the acronym "Meals on Wheels"
• List the pro/cons for nutritional suppplementation in all three populations above
• Define hydration and the ways to achieve it in LTC, stroke, and RT patients
• Define terms related to malnutrition specific to RT patients
• Determine appropriate supplementation for RT or surgical CA patients

Dr. Crary is a professor of Speech-Language Pathology in the Department of Communicative Disorders at the University of Florida Health Science Center. He served as Department Chair from 1995 - 2001. Currently, he is the Director of the Florida Dysphagia Institute, a Type III Center at the Health Science Center. Dr. Crary specializes in disorders of swallowing in adults, and motor speech disorders in children. He has published and lectured extensively, including internationally on these topics. Dr. Crary's clinical achievements were recognized in 1994 with the Florida Speech-Language and Hearing Association's Clinical Achievement Award, and in 1995 with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Associations's Outstanding Clinical Achievement Award. Read more

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