Preventing Undernutrition/Dehydration and Invasive Treatments in the Geriatric Patient

This video promotes the prevention and treatment of nutritional and fluid deficiencies in order to reduce the need for more invasive treatments. It outlines the risk factors that may affect a geriatric patient, and describes how to conduct a thorough nutritional and hydration assessment.

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The information on this video programme promotes the prevention and treatment of nutritional and fluid deficiencies in order to reduce the need for more invasive treatments. It outlines the risk factors - psychosocial, biochemical and mechanical - that may affect a geriatric patient, and describes how to conduct a thorough nutritional and hydration assessment. Coverage includes information specific to swallowing, a major cause of dehydration and nutritional deficiency. The programme also presents specific interventions that can improve an elderly patient's nutritional status and hydration.