A screening and intervention program to identify nutrition needs of title III(C) ethnically diverse elders in Dade County, Florida

Weddle, Dian O.; Bates, Gleneara; Wellman, Nancy S.

doi:10.1016/0002-8223(94)91813-9

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“…For example, the checklist was used statewide among congregate and home‐delivered meal participants to develop a database for future program and research priorities. 25–27 It was also used in geriatric hospital outpatient clinics, 28,29 and incorporated into dental practices, 30 adult day care centers, 31 and a large number of managed care organizations. 32,33 Use of the checklist in different settings has led to the identification of 55%–86% of elderly people with at least two risk factors.…”

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“… 32,33 Use of the checklist in different settings has led to the identification of 55%–86% of elderly people with at least two risk factors. 25–28 The two most frequent risk factors identified were polypharmacy and social isolation. In these studies, the elderly people at risk were either referred to the appropriate health care provider or encouraged to attend an educational program.…”

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Usefulness of Nutrition Screening of the Elderly

Sahyoun

1999

Nutrition in Clinical Care

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Nutrition assessment is not a component of the routine health screening of the elderly, despite the important role that nutrition plays in the health status of the elderly population. Instruments are available to assess physical, cognitive, emotional, and social functions of the elderly, but each of these focuses on one aspect of health and does not necessarily reflect overall health status. More comprehensive tools are available to detect risk factors; however, they rely heavily on home visits by health professionals and do not include nutrition assessment. Before 1989, measures that included a nutrition component were indices to predict post‐surgical outcomes of hospitalized patients and were not aimed at screening community‐living people. The Nutrition Screening Initiative was formed as a multidisciplinary effort to promote nutrition screening and awareness and to incorporate nutrition into the healthcare system. The tools developed by the Nutrition Screening Initiative for use by the lay public and by health professionals include: the Determine Your Nutritional Health Checklist, which is an awareness and educational tool that can be self‐administered; a Level I Screen, which is a basic nutrition screen designed for use by social service and health professionals; and a Level II Screen, which provides more specific diagnostic information on nutrition status and is administered by health and medical professionals. Manuals were developed to assist the incorporation of screening tools into medical practice, health maintenance organizations, and home care agencies. Nutrition assessment and intervention are worthwhile endeavors that may add years of independent living and decrease medical expenditure for the elderly.

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