Geirsdóttir, Ólöf GuðnýBell, Jack JSanty-Tomlinson, JulieHertz, KarenJohansen, Anthony2025-11-202025-11-202021Geirsdóttir, 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_575777872c6c3558c-6f79-46e7-a27e-c208a532f9e8ORCID: /0000-0002-3766-2062/work/103142883https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/6140Malnutrition 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.1559467193-18eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being/dk/atira/pure/researchoutput/researchoutputtypes/contributiontobookanthology/chapter10.1007/978-3-030-63892-4_5