title: Malnutrition and dementia.
abstract: What was the nature of the CPD activity and/or practice-related feedback and/or event or experience in your practice? The CPD article outlined the effects dementia may have on a person's ability to eat and drink safely. It discussed assessment tools to identify patients at risk of malnutrition and management strategies to help maintain nutritional intake.
authors.affiliation: Lauriston Nursing Home, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wilhelm
mesh_terms: D003704:Dementia / Q000150:complications*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing*