title: Promoting fluid intake for patients with dementia or visual impairments.
authors.affiliation: Staff Nurse, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, explains how a trial of using coloured drinking glasses by older patients in an acute medical unit had positive effects on hydration.
authors.forename: Toni
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kingston
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D040561:Assisted Living Facilities; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D003116:Color; D003297:Cooking and Eating Utensils; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing*; D004326:Drinking; D005260:Female; D005440:Fluid Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009735:Nursing Homes; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000451:nursing*