Nutritional Care and Older People
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This workbook has been written to heighten awareness of nutrition as care and encourage readers to take ownership of ensuring that good practice is implemented on a day to day basis. You will find that completing the exercises will improve your understanding of what nutritional care means to your client group whether they are in hospital, residential care or in their own home.
CONTENTS:
What is a healthy diet?
Malnutrition and monitoring patients who may be at risk of malnutrition
Food fortification and nutritional supplements
Special dietary needs
Ethnicity, religion and culture
Relevant policy guidelines and standards
Appendices: Diet History Chart
Food Record Chart
Weight Chart
Checklist for Best Practice – social care and hospital wards
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Nutritional Care and Older People - Amanda Taylor
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Introduction
The UK population is ageing. The percentage of people aged 65 and over increased from 13 to 16 per cent between mid-1971 and mid-2005. Within this age group even greater increases were seen for those aged 85 and over. The number of people aged 85 and over grew by 64,000 (6 per cent) in the year to 2005 to reach a record 1.2 million. Population ageing will continue during the first half of this century, since the proportion of the population aged 65 and over will increase as the large numbers of people born after the Second World War become older (ONS, 2006). Ageing is a natural process involving physiological and biochemical changes that affect the whole of the body. The rate of decline in the body’s functions as a result of ageing varies from person to person. Good nutrition contributes to the health of elderly people and their ability to maintain their independence, mobility and overall quality of life for longer. Ultimately, these factors may also lessen the burden of health costs.
The public and the press are very interested in food, especially food in hospitals and other institutions. Nutrition issues and older people’s experiences of food and drink in various care settings have been highlighted as areas that should be given more attention, as a result of various campaigns such as the Department of Health Dignity in Care survey of 2006 (Department of Health 2006), and the Report Hungry in Hospital? (Association of Community Health Councils of England and Wales, 1997). Several participants in the Dignity in Care online survey described occasions when they had witnessed vulnerable service users being left alone at meal times with no support or assistance to eat their meals. Respondents commented that carers did not seem to have time to spend with individuals at meal times or that they were unobservant and had failed to notice that a service user needed help. Meal times seemed to be a process to be got over with as quickly as possible rather than potentially a sociable opportunity. Some service users may be embarrassed to ask for help, therefore, survey respondents said that care staff should be more aware of what people’s needs are at meal times. Many people said that they found it distressing to see a vulnerable adult not being able to eat their own meals and it was perceived as a sign of neglect in some institutions.
The food that is provided in hospitals and care homes can define the whole experience of the organisation for the patient (or service user). They may or may not be able to tell the difference between good or bad treatment, but can always tell if the food is good or bad. Food has a role quite apart from its primary function to provide the body with fuel and nutrients to stay alive. When we celebrate a happy occasion food usually features – birthday cake, wedding breakfast to name two examples. Workers look forward to lunch break, when they can experience a change of scenery or socially interact with different people for a while. Meal times in hospitals, care homes and residential homes can also mark a break in a long and uneventful day. They should be treated as such, and protected meal times are a way of ensuring that people are given enough time to enjoy their meals, and give staff enough time to assist those who require it. The environment and ambience of a ward can make a dramatic difference to how the food is perceived and the amounts