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Older people living in the community - nutritional needs, barriers and interventions
— a literature review |
| Author(s) | Jacklyn Jones, Maresa Duffy, Yvonne Coull |
| Corporate Author | Scottish Government Social Research; Centre for the Older Person's Agenda (COPA), Queen Margaret University |
| Publisher | Electronic format only - Scottish Government website, Edinburgh, 2009 |
| Pages | 78 pp (Health and Community Care) |
| Source | Download from website (22/12/09): http://www.scotland.gov.uk/socialresearch |
| Keywords | Nutrition ; Malnutrition ; Living in the community ; Literature reviews ; Scotland. |
| Annotation | While strategies for identifying and treating older people for malnutrition in hospital settings are well documented, this is not true for community settings. This review focuses on the nutritional needs of older people living in the. community in Scotland - particularly those are at risk of nutritional deficiencies - and the interventions which exist to improve their health outcomes. Those chronically ill with degenerative disease (e.g. cancer, dementia or Parkinson's disease) are not included. Literature published between 1998 and 2008 was reviewed, along with key relevant publications prior to 1998. Relevant studies from elsewhere in the UK and from the rest of Europe and the USA are also included where appropriate. Medline and other databases found within OVID were searched. Various organisations in the public and voluntary sector were contacted to obtain their latest reports and policies including examples of good practice. The findings from this review - including evidence that supports current practice, interventions and community initiatives - are to be used to inform further data collection. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-091222203 E |
| Classmark | CF: CSM: K4: 64A: 9A |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |