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Overview
Overview
Although smell and taste disorders in older people are often not directly life-threatening, they can have a major impact on quality of life. More worrisome, they often lead to weight loss and even malnutrition. Loss of smell and taste can create dangerous health risks when someone cannot recognize the odor of gas leaks, smoke, or spoiled food. Although these disorders can arise simply from the physiological changes of aging, they can also indicate other more serious medical problems. Healthcare professionals can improve an elder’s quality of life by performing a careful assessment to identify the cause of the smell and taste disorders and by assisting them with ways to cope with the problem.

 

Goals and Outcomes
Goals and Learning Outcomes
The goal of this continuing education program is to provide healthcare professionals with information about the assessment and management of smell and taste disorders in elderly individuals. After studying the information presented here, you will be able to:
  • Explain at least four age-related and pathologic causes of smell and taste disorders in elders.
  • Describe three or more health consequences of smell and taste disorders.
  • List at least three key steps in assessing smell and taste disorders and implementing appropriate interventions in elders.
  • Identify at least three strategies for the nutritional management of smell and taste disorders in elders.
Details
Course Details

CE335-60NT

Course Author

Kaitlin M. Callahan

RDN

Accreditations
Accreditations

NURSES
In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP#13791

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Disclaimer: Not all courses will provide California Board of Registered Nursing approval. Per California Assembly Bill No. 241, continuing education courses related to direct patient care shall address at least one or a combination of the following:(1) Examples of how implicit bias affects perceptions and treatment decisions of licensees, leading to disparities in health outcomes; or (2) Strategies to address how unintended biases in decision-making may contribute to health care disparities by shaping behavior and producing differences in medical treatment along lines of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics.

CEBroker
Relias LLC reports to CEBroker for the following boards (Provider # 50-1489): Arkansas State Board Of Nursing, District Of Columbia Board Of Nursing, Florida Board Of Nursing, Georgia Board Of Nursing, New Mexico Board Of Nursing, South Carolina Board Of Nursing and West Virginia Board Of Examiners For Registered Professional Nurses
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Disclosures
None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.