Webinar: Nutrition and Healthy Aging: How You Can Address Senior Malnutrition

The National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs (NANASP) is hosting a webinar on addressing senior malnutrition. This webinar will discuss the relationships between nutrition and healthy aging, particularly the importance of combating senior malnutrition in order to allow older adults to live healthy, independent lives. Both community providers and clinical providers will talk about the work they do to provide proper nutrition for older adults. The webinar will also detail what you can do to address this issue in your own practice, agency and/or community. Panelists for this webinar include:  Bob Blancato, DefeatMalnutrition.Today; NANASP; Jeanne Blankenship, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics; Becky Blum, Chautauqua County Office for the Aging; Kris Mogensen, Brigham and Women's Hospital; A.S.P.E.N.; Meredith Ponder, DefeatMalnutrition.Today; NANASP; and Lisa Zullig, God's Love We Deliver. The free webinar will take place on Thursday, May 19, 2016, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET.