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NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT IN ELDERLY CARE ‐ A TEAM APPROACH
Author(s) -
Gee Philippa,
Palk Miriam,
Thatcher Carol
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
international journal of language and communication disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.101
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1460-6984
pISSN - 1368-2822
DOI - 10.3109/13682829809179435
Subject(s) - unit (ring theory) , action (physics) , medicine , psychology , nursing , gerontology , physics , mathematics education , quantum mechanics
This work began in February 1996 when nationally questions were being asked about the nutritional care patients were receiving in hospital. Within the Elderly Care Unit the multi‐disciplinary team was also questioning the nutritional care patients received. The main concern raised was the lack of consistent nutritional assessment occurring within the unit. A multi‐disciplinary nutritional group was formed to address this area of concern. It developed an assessment tool that identifies those patients at risk and provides guidelines for appropriate action.