For individuals with COPD, difficultly breathing makes mealtime exhausting. This course will discuss how choosing the right foods can help elder's breathe better. Through online lessons, recipe videos and a knowledge check, caregivers will learn best practices for:

- Identifying nutrition goals for individuals with COPD and methods to reach those goals.
- Listing key nutrients and food sources for overall health and vitality.
- Informing elders of food and beverages that should be avoided with COPD.
- Using principles of cooking to boost food's flavor and appearance without added salt.
- Applying mealtime modifications to improve symptoms of COPD.

Course number: CCC-COPD-01
Class format: Online, On Demand
Credit hours: 1.0