Food Insecurity in Older Adults

This continuing education course examines the risk factors for and health effects of food insecurity in older adults, highlights available food assistance programs and their impact, and provides nutrition professionals with strategies to improve older adults’ food security.

Course content was written by Sara Chatfield, MPH, RDN, LDN, a Chicago-based freelance nutrition writer who has practiced dietetics in community and clinical settings, including transitional care units with a focus on geriatric patients. 

Course content appeared as the CPE Monthly in the August/September 2025 edition of Today's Dietitian Magazine.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education course, nutrition professionals should be better able to:

  1. Describe six factors related to food insecurity (FI) in older adults.
  2. Explain several nutrition and health consequences of FI in older adults.
  3. Outline seven food assistance programs that serve older adults with FI.
  4. Advocate for improved food security in older adults.

Additional Information

CDR Activity Type: 
102
CPE Level: 
2
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.00 CDR
Course opens: 
08/04/2025
Course expires: 
08/03/2028
CE Club cost:
$12.00
CE Club cost:
$0.00
Cost:
$24.00
Rating: 
0

Sara Chatfield, MPH, RDN, LDN, is a Chicago-based freelance nutrition writer who has practiced dietetics in community and clinical settings, including transitional care units with a focus on geriatric patients.

The faculty and planners for this activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

An "ineligible company" includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

In support of improving patient care, Great Valley Publishing Company 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.

This activity will also award credit for dietetics (CDR CPEU).

RDs and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Log. Sphere and Competency selection is at the learner’s discretion.

Available Credit

  • 2.00 CDR

Price

CE Club cost:
$12.00
CE Club cost:
$0.00
Cost:
$24.00
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