ArticleThe journal of nutrition, health & aging2009
Malnutrition on the menu: nutritional status of institutionalised elderly Australians in low-level care.
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- Modified Texture Food Use is Associated with Malnutrition in Long Term Care: An Analysis of Making the Most of Mealtimes (M3) Project.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2018Article
- Nutritional quality of regular and pureed menus in Canadian long term care homes: an analysis of the Making the Most of Mealtimes (M3) project.BMC nutrition · 2017Article
- Dairy food supplementation may reduce malnutrition risk in institutionalised elderly.The British journal of nutrition · 2017Article
- Quality Indicators of Nutritional Care Practice in Elderly Care.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2017Article
- Vitamin D status and its predictors in New Zealand aged-care residents eligible for a government-funded universal vitamin D supplementation programme.Public health nutrition · 2016Article
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- Meeting the nutritional needs of elderly residents in aged-care: are we doing enough?The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2013Article
- Immunological and nutritional factors in elderly people in low-level care and their association with mortality.Immunity & ageing : I & A · 2013Article
- Consuming two additional serves of dairy food a day significantly improves energy and nutrient intakes in ambulatory aged care residents: a feasibility study.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundMost studies reporting malnutrition in the elderly relate to high-level care. However, one third of Australians in aged care reside in low-level care facilities. Data is limited on their nutritional status.
objectiveTo investigate the nutritional status of elderly in low-level care facilities.
designA cross sectional study design.
setting14 low-level aged care facilities in metropolitan Melbourne.
participantsConvenience sample of 103 ambulatory elderly (86 +/- 6.6 years (mean +/- SD), 76% female, comprising 15% of the hostel population) able to perform daily functions of living. MEASUREMENTS: Nutritional intake assessed by three-day weighed food records, and nutritional status by haematological and biochemical markers and body composition (dual energy X-ray absorptiometry).
resultsFOOD served did not supply the estimated average requirements (EAR) for 5 of the 14 nutrients analysed. Compared with EAR, 34% of participants were protein malnourished and 62% had energy intake deficits. Micronutrient intake was low for calcium, magnesium, folate, zinc (for men) and dietary fibre. Vitamin D deficiency (serum 25OH Vitamin D < 50 nmol/L) was present in 58% of residents. More men than women had low haemoglobin (P < 0.000), low red blood cells (P < 0.000), and a raised white blood cell count (P = 0.004). Forty three percent of men and 21% women had sarcopenia, 28% of men and 44% women had excess body fat (> 28% and >40%, respectively) and 14% of men and 12 % of women were sarcopenic-obese. Only 12% showed no sign of undernutrition using seven different nutritional indicators. Around 65% had two or more indicators of undernutrition.
conclusionThese findings highlight the need for the supply of more, better quality, nutrient dense food to residents and better detection of undernutrition in aged care facilities. Maintenance of nutritional status has the potential to reduce morbidity and delay the transition to high-level care.
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