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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.
Dr Alicja Baczynska considers the association between frailty and poor dietary choices.
Whereas the effects of protein intake to stave off frailty have been studied, the effects of specific nutrients have not, until now.
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.
This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people addresses nutritional needs at the end of life.
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.
Presentations from 2021 North West Autumn Meeting (3 CPD Points)
This section of the BGS guidance on end of life care in older people looks at swallowing difficulties in the final phase of life.
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.