title: Hydrate for health: listening to older adults' need for information.
abstract: An interdisciplinary team of faculty and students developed the Hydrate for Health project to provide relevant and evidence-based information to community-dwelling older adults. Evidence-based factsheets on bladder health, nighttime urination, medication safety, and physical activity/exercise, as well as a fluid intake self-monitoring tool, were developed. Four focus groups were conducted and included older adults (N = 21) who participated in activities at two local senior centers to obtain their feedback about the relevance of the factsheets. Extensive revisions were required based on the feedback received. Older adults expressed a desire for pragmatic information (i.e., how to determine fluid sources from food, how to measure water, how to determine their own fluid needs). They also wanted information that could be easily incorporated into daily life. Nurses play a central role in listening to and incorporating older adults' voices into consumer education materials.
authors.forename: Mary H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: Celine S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Marquez
authors.forename: Katherine V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Kline
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Linares
authors.forename: Barbara W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Carlson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003681:Dehydration / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004327:Drinking Behavior; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods*; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009657:North Carolina; D009735:Nursing Homes; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011446:Prospective Studies