[Nutrition in aged persons and handicap prevention].
Insufficient intake is common in elderly population which leads to undernutrition. This is often due to eviction of foods and thus to a decrease in micronutriment intake. Diagnosis is easy if patients are asked systematically at each visit, and when an event occurs, even fatigue; a precise interrogatory must be done and criteria for undernutrition must be searched. Therapeutics depends on insufficient intake causes and on patient and caregiver involvements. First intake equilibrium and quantity must be corrected, while needed helps are launched. If therapeutics is insufficient, ready to use nutritional complement must be used. Results are always slow obtained, mostly due to caregiver help efficacy and patient mood. Patient must be regularly followed with regular advice adaptation in order to create trusty relations, the best way for efficiency.
Lesourd
Bruno
B
CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, département de gérontologie, hôpital Nord, 63118 Cébazat, France. blesourd@chu-clermontferrand.fr
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Karine
K
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D003376:Counseling; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009751:Nutritional Requirements