Nutrition Support in Older Adults

dc.contributor.authorGeirsdóttir, Ólöf Guðný
dc.contributor.authorBell, Jack J
dc.contributor.authorSanty-Tomlinson, Julie
dc.contributor.authorHertz, Karen
dc.contributor.authorJohansen, Anthony
dc.contributor.departmentFaculty of Food Science and Nutrition
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-20T08:11:31Z
dc.date.available2025-11-20T08:11:31Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractMalnutrition 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.is
dc.description.versionPeer revieweden
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dc.format.extent5946719
dc.format.extent3-18
dc.identifier.citationGeirsdóttir, 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_5en
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-030-63892-4_5
dc.identifier.other75777872
dc.identifier.otherc6c3558c-6f79-46e7-a27e-c208a532f9e8
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-3766-2062/work/103142883
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/6140
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPerspectives in Nursing Management and Care for Older Adults; ()en
dc.relation.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63892-4_5en
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen
dc.subjectSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingen
dc.titleNutrition Support in Older Adultsen
dc.type/dk/atira/pure/researchoutput/researchoutputtypes/contributiontobookanthology/chapteren

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