Constructions of nutrition for community dwelling people with chronic disease

A successful way for performing nutritional nursing assessment in older patients

“…With an attentive presence, the nurse can follow the person’s thoughts and move beyond and help the patient to find a solution of the particular problem. This is in line with Telford et al. (2006–2007), who concluded in a study that the nurse had a crucial role in identifying people at nutritional risk by listening to the person’s story and so be able to understand and support him or her concerning the particular nutritional problems.…”

Where is the nurse in nutritional care?

“…It has been widely recognised for a long-term illness, such as dementia, that prioritisation of nutrition is extremely important (Murphy, Holmes, & Brooks, 2017;O'Connor, 2007). Older people are at risk of becoming even more malnourished (Telford, Kralik, & Isam, 2007). Research among 12 countries demonstrated that up to half (50.5%) of older people in rehabilitation were malnourished, closely followed by older people in hospital (38.7%) and then those in aged care facilities (13.8%) (Kaiser et al, 2010).…”