Health professionals are recommended to upskill in best-practice prevention, treatment, and management of chronic health conditions in older adults.
Resources to support clinicians to continue to deliver care with empathy, confidence and success are linked below:
OLDER ADULTS
Nutrition for older people online training
elearning
Tasmanian Government
RACGP: Managing undernutrition in the elderly
Webpage
RACGP
Using Body Mass Index in over 65
PDF
NEMO
Resistance Training for Older Adults: Position Statement From the National Strength and Conditioning Association
Journal Article
National Strength and Conditioning Association: America
Position Statement – Obesity and the older person
PDF
Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine (ANZGSM)
GENERAL SKILLS
5As: Ask, assess, advise, assist and arrange
PDF
RACGP
5As of Obesity Management
Video
Obesity Canada
SCOPE E-learning for obesity
eLearning
WorldObesity
Brief interventions for a healthy lifestyle
eLearning
Insight - Qhealth
Brief Interventions: Nutrition and Physical Activity
eLearning
Insight - Qhealth
Motivational Interviewing RACGP
Journal Article
RACGP
Motivational Interviewing
Webpage and videos
Healthify He Puna Waira
Weight stigma and obesity
Video
Yale University
Shift: A guide for media and communications professionals
PDF
Government of Western Australia
EQUITY
Working with people with a disability
PDF
Metro South