Nurses needed: Identifying malnutrition in hospitalized older adults

The American population is aging with one in every seven Americans over the age of 65. Throughout the healthcare continuum, this segment of the population is faced with the burden of malnutrition brought on by many factors including aging, inadequate food intake, and acute and chronic medical condit...

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Main Authors: Abby C. Sauer, Carolyn J. Alish, Kelly Strausbaugh, Katherine West, Beth Quatrara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:NursingPlus Open
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352900816300073