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Nutrition in Chronic Disease Management in the Elderly
Author(s) -
White Jane V.,
Brewer Daniel E.,
Stockton M. David,
Keeble Donald S.,
Keenum Amy J.,
Rogers Edwin S.,
Len Elizabeth S.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
nutrition in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1941-2452
pISSN - 0884-5336
DOI - 10.1177/011542650301800103
Subject(s) - medicine , chronic disease , gerontology , disease , health care , intervention (counseling) , quality of life (healthcare) , disease management , population ageing , population , environmental health , family medicine , nursing , pathology , parkinson's disease , economics , economic growth
Older Americans experience chronic disease at rates well above other segments of our society. Rates of health services use are also 2 to 3 times that of younger age groups. The most rapidly growing segments of America's aging population are also its most nutritionally vulnerable—women, minorities, and those 85 years of age and older. The routine incorporation of nutrition screening and intervention into chronic disease management protocols will lower healthcare services usage, decrease healthcare costs, help relieve the burden of human suffering experienced by older Americans with chronic disease, and improve quality of life for our nation's elders.