Assessment and management of eating skills in the older adult.
Malnutrition can lead to a number of health problems in older people. Good assessment of the older person's eating skills is as important as a nutritional assessment in at-risk groups and eating skills should be assessed using a holistic framework. In many cases adaptation of the environment and eating aids can assist in the maintenance of independent eating.
Eberhardie
Christine
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Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, Kingston University and St George's Hospital Medical School, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey.
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D012656:Self-Help Devices