It’s common for patients and families to avoid difficult and often emotional decisions about end-of-life nutrition care until the situation requires it. In many cases, nutrition care professionals are involved in helping patients and their families make those decisions.
Join Liz Friedrich, MPH, RD, CSG, LDN, FAND, NWCC, for a joint Today’s Dietitian and Becky Dorner & Associates webinar on Thursday, September 22, 2022 from 2-3 p.m. ET, that will outline options for RDs who are counseling patients on end-of-life nutrition care. Liz will discuss the risks and benefits of aggressive nutrition intervention at the end of life and provide information to help nutrition care professionals understand the factors that help formulate an individual’s end-of-life nutrition care decisions. This webinar is worth 1.0 CDR-approved ethics credit; register today!*
Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, nutrition professionals will be better able to:
| 1. | Interpret and integrate into daily practice evidence-based research and literature on decision-making as it applies to end-of-life nutrition care. |
| 2. | Demonstrate an understanding of the factors that affect a patient’s decisions about end-of-life nutrition care. |
| 3. | Apply professional ethics when helping patients make decisions about end-of-life nutrition care. |
| 1.0 CEU | Performance Indicators: 1.1.5, 1.4.1, 8.1.1, 10.3.1 |
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Registration will take place on the Becky Dorner & Associates website.
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Liz's extensive practice in long-term care gives her hands-on experience that enhances her skill set as an expert writer and speaker. She has authored or co-authored numerous articles for journals and magazines and has presented at professional wound healing organizations, dietetic associations, and other professional groups. She also serves as an expert witness in lawsuits against long-term care facilities. Liz has provided consulting services and presentations to Nutrition411.com, school nutrition programs, daycare providers, and correctional institutions.
A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Liz is a registered dietitian nutritionist, a licensed dietitian in the state of North Carolina, Serve-Safe Certified, and Board Certified as a Specialist in Gerontological Nutrition, and is Nutrition Wound Care Certified. She is a member of the American Dietetic Association, the Nutrition Entreprenuers Dietetic Practice Group and the Dietitians in Health Care Communities (DHCC) Dietetic Practice Group. Liz's business philosophy is simple: she provides prompt, personal, and attentive service to all her clients.
Liz Friedrich, MPH, RD, CSG, LDN, FAND, NWCC, has the following relevant disclosure to report: she serves on the Hormel Health Labs Advisory Council. She certifies that no conflict of interest exists for this program. View our disclosure policy.