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An Evaluation by Elderly People Living at Home of the Prepared Meals Distributed by Their Municipality – A Study With Focus on the Swedish Context
(Journal article, 2015)Prepared meals distributed by municipalities is a service to elderly people, or persons with health related impairments, who live in their own home, have difficulties preparing their own food and cannot meet their food ... -
Body mass index and mortality in elderly men and women: the Tromsø and HUNT studies
(Journal article, 2010)BACKGROUND: The impact of body mass index (BMI; kg/m(2)) and waist circumference (WC) on mortality in elderly individuals is controversial and previous research has largely focused on obesity. METHODS: With special attention ... -
Body mass index, mini nutritional assessment, and their association with five-year mortality in very old people
(Journal article, 2015)Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of malnutrition and the association between Body Mass Index (BMI), Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) and five-year mortality in a representative population of very old (>85 years) ... -
Caregivers’ perception of factors associated with a healthy diet among people with intellectual disability living in community residences: A Concept mapping method
(Journal article, 2017)BACKGROUND: Many people with intellectual disabilities (ID) living in community-based residences have been found to have unhealthy diet and weight disturbances. In Norway, a majority of people with ID live in such ... -
Do study circles and a nutritional care policy improve nutritional care in a short- and long-term perspective in special accommodations?
(Journal article, 2010)BACKGROUND: Disease-related malnutrition is a major health problem in the elderly population and management issues are under-explored. OBJECTIVES: What is the prevalence of undernutrition-risk (UN-risk), underweight, and ... -
Does undernutrition still prevail among nursing home residents?
(Journal article, 2013)Background & aims: During recent years public awareness about malnutrition has increased and collective initiatives have been undertaken. Simultaneously, the number of older adults is increasing, and the elderly care has ... -
Eating Difficulties, Nutrition, Meal Preferences and Experiences Among Elderly: A Literature Overview From a Scandinavian Context
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)The risk of malnutrition increases with ageing, resulting in poorer health and higher risk of disease. Eating difficulties are important risk factors for malnutrition. Moreover, independence in relation to food and meals ... -
Effect on body weight, quality of life and appetite following individualized, nutritional counselling to home-living elderly after rehabilitation – An open randomized trial
(Journal article, 2017)Objectives: We examined if individually-adapted nutritional counselling could prevent > 5% weight loss among elderly patients 3 months after discharge from a rehabilitation institution. In addition we assessed quality of ... -
Energirike smoothies til pasienter i sykehjem
(Journal article, 2017)Bakgrunn: Eldre pasienter i sykehjem er utsatt for å bli underernærte, og det har vist seg at energirike smoothies kan være et supplement til energirik og næringstett mat for å forebygge og behandle underernæring. Hensikt: ... -
Er det samsvar i registreringene når sykepleiere og studenter screener pasienter for ernæringsstatus?
(Journal article, 2010)Studiens bakgrunn: I nylig publiserte nasjonale faglige retningslinjer for forebygging og behandling av underernæring anbefales at alle pasienter skal screenes for ernæringsmessig risiko. Hensikt: Å teste interrater ... -
Ernæringskartlegginga i heimesjukepleien kan betrast
(Journal article, 2017)Bakgrunn: Halvparten av dei eldre med heimesjukepleie er underernærte eller står i fare for å bli det. Nasjonale faglege retningslinjer og Kosthandboka gir råd om korleis helsetenesta kan førebygge og behandle underernæring. ... -
Ernæringsstatus blant pasienter i sykehjem og i hjemmesykepleien kartlagt ved hjelp av Ernæringsjournalen
(Journal article, 2014)Background: malnutrition amongst the elderly may lead to serious consequences for the person and for the community in terms of need for public support. Assessment of the nutritional status is the first step regarding ... -
Evaluation of the Norwegian version of the Mini Nutritional assessment (MNA®) among older nursing home patients
(Journal article, 2009)Background: The Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA®) is a well-known clinical scale that is often used for nutritional screening of older peoplein different settings recommended by several international clinical and scientific ... -
Factors associated with nutritional risk in 75-year-old community living people
(Journal article, 2012)To identify risk factors for being at nutritional risk, by means of a nutritional screening, in a population based sample of 75‐year‐old people living in three county councils in Sweden. Undernutrition in older people is ... -
High degree of BMI misclassification of malnutrition among Swedish elderly population: age-adjusted height estimation using knee height and demispan
(Journal article, 2014)BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: The degree of misclassification of obesity and undernutrition among elders owing to inaccurate height measurements is investigated using height predicted by knee height (KH) and demispan equations. ... -
Individually adjusted meals for older people with protein-energy malnutrition: A single-case study
(Journal article, 2001)• The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of a 3‐month intervention programme consisting of meals based on individual nutritional requirements in residents assessed as protein‐energy malnourished on ... -
Is there an association between food patterns and life satisfaction among Norway's inhabitants ages 65 years and older?
(Journal article, 2017)The lack of information regarding older adults' health and lifestyles makes it difficult to design suitable interventions for people at risk of developing unhealth lifestyles. Therefore, there is a need to increase knowledge ... -
Lived experiences of self-care among older, home-dwelling individuals identified to be at risk of undernutrition
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Introduction: in a society where most older people live in their own homes, it may be expected of older individuals to exercise their potential to take care of themselves in daily life. Nutrition is a central aspect of ... -
Living alone, receiving help, helplessness, and inactivity are strongly related to risk of undernutrition among older home-dwelling people
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Background: being at risk of undernutrition is a global problem among older people. Undernutrition can be considered inadequate nutritional status, characterized by insufficient food intake and weight loss. There is a lack ... -
Malnutrition, functional ability and mortality among older people aged ⩾60 years: a 7-year longitudinal study
(Journal article, 2016)BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to assess the association between risk of malnutrition and 7-year mortality, controlling for functional ability, socio-demographics, lifestyle behavior and diseases, and investigate ...