title: Nutritional assessment in elderly care--a team approach.
abstract: This work began in February 1996 when nationally questions were being asked about the nutritional care patients were receiving in hospital. Within the Elderly Care Unit the multi-disciplinary team was also questioning the nutritional care patients received. The main concern raised was the lack of consistent nutritional assessment occurring within the unit. A multi-disciplinary nutritional group was formed to address this area of concern. It developed an assessment tool that identifies those patients at risk and provides guidelines for appropriate action.
authors.affiliation: Elderly Care Unit, Battle Hospital, Reading.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gee
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Palk
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thatcher
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D010348:Patient Care Team; D015203:Reproducibility of Results