The topic content is divided into the information types below
This meeting has already taken place but is available to watch on demand until 24 May 2025.
Nutritional status can be easily assessed, and problems can often be addressed quickly. Key questions about diet, appetite and weight should be on the menu of any Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment.
Eating food isn't a purely functional act - the enjoyment, social connection and cultural significance that comes from food and eating becomes arguably even more important in older age. This issue examines how good nutrition and hydration that can help older people live well for longer. This content is limited to members only.
The BGS has a strong track record of advancing research into older people's health and care. This issue shines a light on those leading the way with inclusive research, helping to strengthen the evidence base and influencing practice. This content is limited to members only.
When I commenced my Clinical Lead role at the Royal British Legion in January of this year, one of the first challenges presented to me by my team was to sample a ‘puréed meal’ in one of our care homes.
Dysphagia is common in hospital and when there is an appreciable risk of choking, aspiration or pneumonia, people can be said to be ‘eating and drinking at risk’ (EDAR). This is usually considered when their swallow is unlikely to improve in a reasonable time frame, there is no safe and acceptable modified diet, and tube feeding has been ruled out.
As we pass another World Cancer Day on 4 February 2020, I reflect on why I am passionate about promoting a healthy diet and lifestyle for cancer prevention. 1 in 2 people born after 1960 will develop cancer in their lifetime, and cancer is the commonest cause of premature death in the UK.
Presentations from 2021 North West Autumn Meeting (3 CPD Points)
This document describes the care home sector across the UK as it currently stands, how health and wellbeing has traditionally been supported in care homes and sets out what good healthcare provision in a care home environment should look like.
This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people looks at swallowing difficulties in the final phase of life.
This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people addresses nutritional needs at the end of life.
Whereas the effects of protein intake to stave off frailty have been studied, the effects of specific nutrients have not, until now.
Dr Alicja Baczynska considers the association between frailty and poor dietary choices.
Clinical guidelines from the BGS / RCP and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on advance care planning, multimorbidity and the risks associated with cold homes in winter.
The incidence of under nutrition among patients admitted to hospitals in UK is around 28% and is 25% greater in older people. Under nutrition results in longer lengths of stay in hospital. In care homes, 30% of residents were found to be undernourished.
Nutrition and hydration are essential elements of CGA as they impact on all body systems. Nutrition and hydration crossover with many other domains in CGA and identifying and managing poor nutrition and hydration is likely to support with the prevention and management of other health conditions, including frailty itself.
Over 850,000 people in the UK have dementia, many of whom struggle with eating and drinking issues affecting nutritional status, due to changes in memory, motor skills, appetite, taste perception, dysphagia and food preferences.