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Support individuals to eat and drink
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Click on the link to read more about dehydration and end of life care (the Liverpool Pathway) from the GM, a journal concerned with older people's healthcare. This is a complicated and controversial area – for all that it was clearly misused in far too many instances the Liverpool Pathway had much to recommend it. Read around alternative views and new thinking on end of life care.
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Tutorial Video
Reading Materials
‘Guidelines for assisting a User of a Cheshire Service with Eating and Drinking’ published by Cheshire Ireland
‘Eating and Drinking’ published by the Alzheimer’s Society
‘How to feed someone you care for' from the NHS website.
‘The Eatwell Guide’ from NHS Choices
‘Healthy eating’ from Age UK
‘Malnutrition’ from NHS Choices
‘Dehydration’ from NHS Choices
Presentation
Good Practice Example
Good Practice Example
Interactive Quiz
Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning
Explore the NHS website by clicking the icon to the left for information and guidance about eating a healthy, balanced diet.
Read the document 'Eating and drinking well in care: good practice guidance for older people' from Scotland's Care Inspectorate. It has been primarily written for use in caring for an older person but the principles could be applied to a wider adult age group.
Explore the following website by clicking on the icon to the left for an explanation of creating eating-friendly environments for dementia patients.
‘Pressure ulcers’ from NHS Choices. Click on the link and read all the information in the Overview, Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment, Complications and Prevention.
Click to launch a presentation on ‘Understanding nutrition, hydration, and pressure ulcers’.
Click on the icon and read ‘Prevalence of malnutrition in nursing, care and residential homes in Walsall’ from the Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust.
This page on the Senior Health 365 website looks at ‘Loss of appetite with age and other causes in the elderly’.
Read the relevant sections of age groups in this article on ‘Life stages' from the British Nutrition Foundation. You may find the rest of the website contains helpful information.
Click on the link to read more about dehydration and end of life care (the Liverpool Pathway) from the GM, a journal concerned with older people's healthcare. This is a complicated and controversial area – for all that it was clearly misused in far too many instances the Liverpool Pathway had much to recommend it. Read around alternative views and new thinking on end of life care.
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