Aim: Up to 60% of older medical patients are malnourished with further decline during
hospital stay. There is limited evidence for effective nutrition intervention. Staff focus groups …

Background Recent studies indicate inadequate nutritional care practices in healthcare
institutions and identify several barriers to perform individualized nutritional care to older …

vanderwee k., clays e., bocquaert i., verhaeghe s., lardennois m., gobert m. & defloor
t.(2011) Malnutrition and nutritional care practices in hospital wards for older people. Journal …

Aims and objectives To determine and compare the prevalence of malnutrition in medical
and surgical hospital units; to assess quality of nutritional care and patients' perception …

Objectives In the hospital setting, poor dietary intake interacts with disease and represents a
major and modifiable cause of malnutrition. Understanding barriers to adequate dietary …

Background: Malnutrition is common among older hospital patients and contributes to poor
clinical outcomes. Poor intake among this group of patients could be due to a variety of …

Scand J Caring Sci; 2011; 25; 176–184 Can the patient perspective contribute to quality of
nutritional care? Aim: Undernutrition has been seen in hospitalized patients at all times …

Background Nutritional care is a basic human right for all people. Nevertheless,
undernourishment is known to be a frequent and serious health care problem among elderly …

Aims and objectives To gain insight into the experiences and perceptions of hospital and
home care nurses regarding nutritional care for older adults to prevent and treat malnutrition …

Background Many patients are admitted to hospital and are already malnourished. Gaps in
practice have identified that care processes for these patients can be improved. Hospital …