title: Nutritional screening and older adults.
abstract: Nutrition is rarely included in the screening programmes of older people. However, nutritional screening of this population is important to distinguish between deterioration in their health status due to the physical decline of ageing and that due to nutritional deficiency.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Nursing Research and Practice Development, Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, Canterbury Christ Church University College, Canterbury, Kent.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Holmes
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D020380:Needs Assessment; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology