1999 Supplement - Adult Day Care

1998

Osteoporosis is of primary concern today in women’s health and is the fourth leading cause of death in American women. The book, written by Barbara Luke approaches osteoporosis prevention form the very beginning of life and examines risk factors and solutions during every stage of the life cycle. Prevention is the single most important therapy for the disorder and "Good Bones" provides the game plan for putting proven prevention into action.

AUDIENCE: General Adult Adult Day Care

1995

This manual presents information to allow food service operators to evaluate food service operations, predict risks to food safety, and prevent them from occurring. Excellent reproducible forms, posters, and charts are included.

AUDIENCE: Food Service Personnel Adult Day Care

1994

This manual can be used as your first step in implementing HACCP into your operation or as a reference for expanding an already existing HACCP-based Total Quality Management program.

AUDIENCE: Nutritionists Food Service Personnel Adult Day Care

1998

Part of the American Dietetic Association's Nutrition Skills Series. Describes why quick-fix diet don't work and outlines skills to master for breaking the diet cycle and making nutritionally sound weight management a long-term way of life.

AUDIENCE: General Adult Health Clinics Adult Day Care

1995

Part of the American Dietetic Association's Nutrition Skills Series. Offers detailed guidelines for providing healthy meals that meet the nutritional needs of each member of the family. Addresses children's nutrition issues, including breakfast, snacks, sack lunches and dealing with picky eaters.

AUDIENCE: General Adult Adult Day Care Health Clinics Parents

1998

Part of the American Dietetic Association's Nutrition Skills Series. Explains how to master the skills needed to eat well despite a hectic schedule. Includes creative suggestions for nutritious, balanced and appealing meals away from home, as well as time-saving tips for shopping and cooking.

AUDIENCE: General Adult Adult Day Care Health Clinics

1987

Focuses on everything from the basic science of nutrition to the dangers of food additives. Explains how nutrients function in the body and details how to make sensible changes in our diets. There are separate chapters on such topics as the "new" nutrition, protein, fat, carbohydrates, sugar, fiber, vitamins, salt, water, coffee and tea, obesity, pregnancy, feeding the baby, junk food, adolescent eating habits, food and athletics, vegetarian eating, and product labels. The book provides numerous charts and diagrams, healthful recipes, and menus.

AUDIENCE: General Adult Adult Day Care

1995

Whether you work in a commercial kitchen or prepare meals in your home, you'll find many of the same utensils, and most importantly, the same safety practices. Visit the most dangerous room in the home and a busy commercial kitchen where viewers learn the necessity of safety in the kitchen and proper procedures to follow. This informative program covers the cleaning and sanitizing, proper use and storage of knives, food safety and storage, storage and use of electric appliances, kitchen fires, and much more. Viewers become aware that their health and the health of others depends on their actions in the kitchen and they learn the proper procedures to keep disasters from occurring.

AUDIENCE: Food Service Personnel General Adult Adult Day Care

1997

An up-to-date video on a key topic. Humans contain about four pounds of essential minerals that must be obtained through food. Viewers learn about calcium phosphorous, iron, sodium, zinc, selenium, copper, and more.

AUDIENCE: High School/College General Adult Adult Day Care

1998

This homecare book, written by Bettyanne MacCormac, provides practical methods and tools to maintain or regain a healthy outlook as we age. In addition, it provides information on how to overcome the multitude of challenges of the critically ill, disabled and elderly living alone. This essential guidebook will support the caregiver and the patient to successfully work through these daily challenges. This book includes chapters on getting the most from health care professionals, understanding the importance of good nutrition, starting an exercise program in the home and promoting independence as well as many others.

AUDIENCE: Adult Day Care

1985

A cookbook catering to that population with chewing and swallowing problems. Everyone in the family, not just the individual with the swallowing or chewing disorder, can use the recipes. Nutritious and appetizing recipes everyone should enjoy.

AUDIENCE: Adult Day Care General Adult

1996

Eating right used to be simple. But today, with thousands of food products to choose from in the grocery store and a blitz of new diet studies, it's no wonder that we're all a bit confused. Although most people knew the basics of nutrition at one time or another, for many, that sound advice has been forgotten. This video teaches about the building blocks of good nutrition and takes the mystery out of eating with simple advice you can use to choose a well-balanced diet. The Food Guide Pyramid is used to show just how easy it is to eat a variety of flavorful foods that are good for you.

AUDIENCE: High School General Adult Adult Day Care

1995

This National Health video discusses the nutrition needs and challenges common to older persons. Topics covered include weight loss, weight gain, chewing problems, physical activity, alcohol, drug-food interactions, constipation, dehydration, iron and reliable information sources. A teaching guide provides activity suggestions and a before and after quiz.

AUDIENCE: Adult Day Care General Adult

1998

Part of the American Dietetic Association's Nutrition Skills Series. Answers common questions about the whats, whys and hows of low- fat eating. Defines types of fat, ways to select low-fat foods and ways to prepare low-fat meals. Includes simple and scrumptious low-fat recipes.

AUDIENCE: General Adult Adult Day Care Health Clinics

1992

This book is a complete guide to eating and living well. It is clearly written, filled with shopping, cooking tips, and food charts. The topics covered are: making healthy food choices; vitamins and calcium supplements; the ten most asked questions about cholesterol; what food labels are really saying; choosing wisely at the supermarket; maintaining a balanced diet on the run, on the road, and in the air; fast food; and healthy approaches to losing weight.

AUDIENCE: General Adult Adult Day Care Parents Nutritionists

1996

An indispensable guide to preventing foodborne illness, this book explains how to detect hidden dangers at home or away, identify which foods are potentially unsafe and prevent foods from becoming contaminated. Valuable tips cover ways to prevent the spread of bacteria in your home and away, pack bag lunches safely, and order at restaurants, markets and delis.

AUDIENCE: Nutritionists General Adult Adult Day Care Health Clinics High School/College

1996

This USAD training manual, complete with lesson plans and a variety of teaching aids, is written for the food service manager. The manual's eight chapters follow a logical sequence. You can use them in order as a complete training program or, if you wish, mix and match the chapters to suit your particular training needs. Each chapter can stand alone. You'll find teaching aids at the end of each chapter. To further support your training efforts, computer-based software is available.

AUDIENCE: Food Service Personnel Child Care Adult Day Care

1999

This cookbook has been created to present activity ideas with cooking for adults with special needs. The book endeavors to provide activities to improve the quality of life by appealing to all the senses and the joy of making foods that are wonderful and edible. Each activity is fun and safe while using simple, repetitive actions to give the individual a feeling of success. The steps in these recipes can trigger a response of contributing to the real work and give satisfaction to each person involved.

AUDIENCE: Adult Day Care General Adult

1996

Malnourishment including obesity and weight loss, chewing problems, alcoholism, drug-food interactions, constipation, anemia, dehydration, eating alone vs. lonely eating are addressed in the National Health Video. It also includes an instruction resource guide with suggested learner objectives, activities, a pre- and post-test and photo-ready handouts.

AUDIENCE: Adult Day Care

1991

This guide to using food in programs with older adults includes a wealth of information on the topics of Homemade Bread, Butter, Popcorn, Tea, and Snow (yes, snow!). There are introductions written for oral presentation, discussion questions, and recipes in large print to be used by the program participants and photocopied as souvenirs. Packaged in three-ring binder for convenient use.

AUDIENCE: Adult Day Care

1995

Part of the American Dietetic Association's Nutrition Skills Series. Teaches savvy shopping skills, including how to use the Food Guide Pyramid to make wise choices, how to read food labels and how to find low-fat alternatives for favorite foods.

AUDIENCE: General Adult Adult Day Care Health Clinics

1999

This video provides shopping tips for elders and their caregivers. Viewers are introduced to nutritious and economical food choices including selection of frozen meals, dairy, deli, meat and produce items. This video also suggests solutions for elders facing physical challenges in the supermarket.

AUDIENCE: General Adult Adult Day Care

Forty-one chapters packed with expert medical advice and over two hundred tables, illustrations, and sample menus, this book gives the clear, authoritative answers to all of these questions and more. Not only for the general public but also for professionals.

AUDIENCE: General Adult Adult Day Care Nutritionists

1995

Vitamins are hot! From talk shows and TV news magazines to magazine articles and headlines in the daily paper, vitamania reigns. Can vitamins stop cancer, slow aging, make your skin look younger, or turn a frog into a prince? Here's a video that gives the basics without hype or bias.

AUDIENCE: General Adult Adult Day Care High School

Part of the American Dietetic Association's Nutrition Now Series. This book is for anyone using or considering using dietary supplements. Basic functions, food sources and daily need for vitamins and minerals are summarized. Straightforward advice is provided on how to obtain essential nutrients from a balanced and varied diet, along with a review of circumstances for which supplements are effective and safe. Also included are guidelines for choosing a supplement, reading supplement labels and evaluating nutrition claims on supplement labels. Tips for how to read between the headlines and separate fact from fiction for various dietary supplements are described.

AUDIENCE: General Adult Adult Day Care Health Clinics High School/College