MALNUTRITION IN ELDERLY, POSSIBLE CAUSES AND NURSES INTERVENTION
Adeyanju, Shakirat (2016)
Adeyanju, Shakirat
Yrkeshögskolan Arcada
2016
All rights reserved
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2016090414019
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2016090414019
Tiivistelmä
Malnutrition is an age related challenges facing elderly globally. Possible cause of malnutrition in elderly is hidden, therefore the research is aim at investigating the cause of malnutrition in elderly. The research would examine the following question.
1. What is malnutrition in elderly?
2. What are the possible causes of malnutrition in elderly?
3. What Nursing interventions exist in caring for elderly at the risk of malnutrition?
The articles gotten were analysed using an inductive content analysis. The theoretical framework used for the study is the Dorothea Orem’s Self – care Deficit theory that views nutrition as part of self-care. The theory is a universal theory that focused on the following; the theory of nursing systems, The theory of self-care deficit, The theory of self-care.
According to finding gotten from the selected articles, both the nurses and elderly plays essential role relating to malnutrition. There is no specific definition for malnutrition in elderly because it varies individuals. The cause of malnutrition in elderly is age related and theses included the preventable and unpreventable. Understanding and educating the elderly on their various nutritional status is also important. All the publications, laid emphasis on the need to educate and train the nursing staffs on the nutritional needs in order to manage and enhance the healthy living of elderly. Nurses must be responsible to detect and manage the nutritional status of elderly before derailing. As the individualized care progressive, nurses should provide self-care based on the assessment of the following care dependency, medications, cognitive or psychosocial risk factors, disease, environmental situation, physiological changes.
The scope of this study investigated the causes and nursing preventive measures of malnutrition in elderly and it is essential to state the good and adequate orientation coupled with monthly or quarterly nutritional screening of the elderly would prevent malnutrition in elderly.
1. What is malnutrition in elderly?
2. What are the possible causes of malnutrition in elderly?
3. What Nursing interventions exist in caring for elderly at the risk of malnutrition?
The articles gotten were analysed using an inductive content analysis. The theoretical framework used for the study is the Dorothea Orem’s Self – care Deficit theory that views nutrition as part of self-care. The theory is a universal theory that focused on the following; the theory of nursing systems, The theory of self-care deficit, The theory of self-care.
According to finding gotten from the selected articles, both the nurses and elderly plays essential role relating to malnutrition. There is no specific definition for malnutrition in elderly because it varies individuals. The cause of malnutrition in elderly is age related and theses included the preventable and unpreventable. Understanding and educating the elderly on their various nutritional status is also important. All the publications, laid emphasis on the need to educate and train the nursing staffs on the nutritional needs in order to manage and enhance the healthy living of elderly. Nurses must be responsible to detect and manage the nutritional status of elderly before derailing. As the individualized care progressive, nurses should provide self-care based on the assessment of the following care dependency, medications, cognitive or psychosocial risk factors, disease, environmental situation, physiological changes.
The scope of this study investigated the causes and nursing preventive measures of malnutrition in elderly and it is essential to state the good and adequate orientation coupled with monthly or quarterly nutritional screening of the elderly would prevent malnutrition in elderly.