Barriers to effective nutritional care for older adults.
This article reviews the relationship between ageing and nutrition. The vulnerability of older adults to nutritional decline is explored and the importance of nutritional screening in this population is discussed. The author considers some of the barriers to achieving nutritional adequacy once patients have been admitted to hospital and suggests how these can be overcome.
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Centre for Health and Social Care Research, Faculty of Health and Social Care, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury. hsh1@canterbury.ac.uk
D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008403:Mass Screening; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D018673:Nutrition Policy; D009752:Nutritional Status; D018529:Nutritional Support / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D015431:Weight Loss