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

This open access book aims to primarily support nurses as leaders and champions of multimodal, Interdisciplinary nutrition care for older adults. A structured approach to fundamentals of nutrition care across Interdisciplinary settings is combined with additional short chapters about special topics...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Geirsdóttir, Ólöf G. (Editor), Bell, Jack J. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2021.
Edition:1st ed. 2021.
Series:Perspectives in Nursing Management and Care for Older Adults,
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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.