Nutrition Support in Older Adults

Title:	Nutrition Support in Older Adults
Author:	Geirsdóttir, Ólöf Guðný Bell, Jack J Santy-Tomlinson, Julie Hertz, Karen Johansen, Anthony 5 authors Show fewer authors
Date:	2021
Language:	English
Scope:	15
Department:	Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition
Series:	Perspectives in Nursing Management and Care for Older Adults; ()
DOI:	10.1007/978-3-030-63892-4_5
Subject:	SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/3980
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Citation: Geirsdóttir , Ó G , Bell , J J , Santy-Tomlinson , J , Hertz , K & Johansen , A 2021 , Nutrition Support in Older Adults . in Perspectives in Nursing Management and Care for Older Adults . pp. 3-18 . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63892-4_5
Abstract: Malnutrition is observed in around one in three hospital inpatients; this harmful ICD10-AM-coded disease is a strong independent predictor of adverse older adult and healthcare outcomes, mortality, and treatment costs globally, particularly in multimorbid, older adults. Despite recognition of malnutrition as a disease, nutrition support prescriptions are often not valued as the medicine to treat it. This chapter is devoted to the common nutrition support prescriptions for treating malnutrition: (1) protein- and energy-dense and/or fortified foods, fluids, and menus (HPHE support); (2) oral nutrition supplements; (3) enteral tube feeding; and (4) parenteral nutrition.