[Position statement of the National Nursing Assessment Group of Germany: regarding the basic "nutrition and fluid requirements" policy of the elderly by the MDS (Medical Service of the Central Associations of the Health Insurance Companies), July 2003].
Assessing the nutritional state of old and dependent people demands a distinctive consideration of all aspects which might influence the individual's nutritional habits. An isolated consideration of the body mass index (BMI) does not serve the needs of elderly, because the BMI seems not to be a valid indicator for their nutrtional state. In order to prove the risk of malnutrition, also the individual life conditions as well as social, religious, cultural and economic circumstances besides the amount of energy and nu triments are to be taken into account.
Bartholomeyczik
Sabine
S
Institut für Pflegewissenschaft, Privat Universität Witten/Herdecke gGmbH, Witten.
Schreier
Maria Magdalena
MM
Bartholomeyczik
Sabine
S
Halek
Margareta
M
Bernhard
Flora
F
Calero
Claudia
C
Cramer
Henning
H
Ganz
Ute
U
Hunstein
Dirk
D
Dintelmann
Yvonne
Y
Herbart-Hermann
Maria
M
Wagner
Anja
A
Isfort
Michael
M
Roser
Jens
J
Urselmann
Hans-Werner
HW
Vollmer
Alfred
A
D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005440:Fluid Therapy / Q000451:nursing*; D016330:Frail Elderly; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D012956:Societies, Nursing