Interdisciplinary Nutritional Management and Care for Older Adults An Evidence-Based Practical Guide for Nurses

The nursing profession should consequently be considered best placed to administer Interdisciplinary, multimodal nutrition care, wherever specialist nutrition care referrals are unlikely to add value or are simply not available. As such, the book is a valuable resource for all healthcare providers d...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Geirsdóttir, Ólöf G. (Editor), Bell, Jack J. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2021, 2021
Edition:1st ed. 2021
Series:Perspectives in Nursing Management and Care for Older Adults
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Overview of nutrition care in geriatrics and orthogeriatrics
  • Nutritional requirements in geriatrics
  • Nutritional assessment, diagnosis and treatment in geriatrics
  • Best practice in nursing care; role of nutrition
  • Hydration in orthogeriatrics
  • Untangling aging, malnutrition, frailty, sarcopenia and function decline
  • Bone health, fragility and fractures
  • How to increase patient motivation and adherence to nutritional care? Overcoming psychological barrier
  • How to engage treating teams to spread and sustain nutritional care
  • Interdisciplinary team and education of professionals
  • Special topics in geriatric nutrition (1000 words)
  • Specialist versus generalist nutritional care in aging
  • Key opportunities for multidisciplinary nutritional care
  • Physical activity, exercise and physical rehabilitation
  • Pressure ulcer prevention and management
  • Obesity, Body composition & BMI
  • Fundamentals of nutritional physiology.-Nutrition in oropharyngeal dysphagia
  • Delirium
  • Drug-food & food-drug interaction - supplements
  • Food services and systems
  • End of life, food and water – ethical standards of care