ArticleThe journal of nutrition, health & aging2011
Nutritional status and health care costs for the elderly living in municipal residential homes--an intervention study.
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- Economic evaluation for protein and energy supplementation in adults: opportunities to strengthen the evidence.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2013Pooled it
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- AdNut study: effectiveness of a high calorie and protein oral nutritional supplement with β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate in an older malnourished population in usual clinical practice.European geriatric medicine · 2018Article
- Quality Indicators of Nutritional Care Practice in Elderly Care.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2017Article
- Nutritional Care Needs in Elderly Residents of Long-Term Care Institutions: Potential Implications for Policies.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2015Article
- Depression as a correlate of functional status of community-dwelling older adults: utilizing a short-version of 5-item Geriatric Depression Scale as a screening tool.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2014Article
- Implementing nutrition guidelines for older people in residential care homes: a qualitative study using Normalization Process Theory.Implementation science : IS · 2012Article
- Nutritional screening of older home-dwelling Norwegians: a comparison between two instruments.Clinical interventions in aging · 2012Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim was to study the effect of individualised meals on nutritional status among older people living in municipal residential homes and to compare the results with a control group. An additional aim was to estimate direct health care costs for both groups.
settingSix different municipal residential homes in the south-east of Sweden.
participantsOlder people living in three residential homes constituted the intervention group n=42 and the rest constituted the control group n=67.
interventionA multifaceted intervention design was used. Based on an interview with staff a tailored education programme about nutritional care, including both theoretical and practical issues, was carried through to staff in the intervention group. Nutritional status among the elderly was measured by Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA), individualised meals were offered to the residents based on the results of the MNA. Staff in the control group only received education on how to measure MNA and the residents followed the usual meal routines. MEASUREMENTS: Nutritional status was measured by MNA at baseline and after 3 months. Cost data on health care visits during 2007 were collected from the Cost Per Patient database.
resultsNutritional status improved and body weight increased after 3 months in the intervention group. Thus, primary health care costs constituted about 80% of the total median cost in the intervention group and about 55% in the control group.
conclusionWith improved knowledge the staff could offer the elderly more individualised meals. One of their future challenges is to recognise and assess nutritional status among this group. If malnutrition could be prevented health care costs should be reduced.
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