Malnutrition, frailty and sarcopenia are becoming increasingly prevalent among community-
dwelling older adults; yet are often unidentified and untreated in community settings. There …

Background Education about malnutrition in older adults is often lacking in the curricula of
healthcare professionals. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are an innovative form of …

Aim To synthesise a selection of UK medical students' and doctors' views surrounding
nutrition in medical education and practice. Methods Information was gathered from surveys …

Background Older people have varying degrees of unmet nutritional needs following
discharge from hospital. Inadequate involvement of the older person and his or her family …

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

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 Nursing staff must have sufficient knowledge in order to adequately prevent and
treat malnutrition. However, only a marginal amount of information on this topic is available …

Aim To establish whether nurses are well prepared to provide nutrition care by identifying
studies that evaluated undergraduate (baccalaureate) student nurses' nutrition knowledge …

Evidence-based practice underscores a modern approach to nursing to ensure delivery of
safe, up-to-date and person-centred care in the evolving clinical environment. While most …

Background Malnutrition is a comprehensive challenge for the nursing home, home care-
and home nursing sector. Nutritional care and the subsequent documentation are a common …