Type of Care and Living Situation Are Associated with Nutritional Care but Not Nutritional Status of Older Persons Receiving Home Care

Chareh N, Kießwetter E, Rappl A, Stehle P, Heseker H, Sieber C, Volkert D (2020)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2020

Journal

Healthcare MDPI

Book Volume: 8

Journal Issue: 3

DOI: 10.3390/healthcare8030296

Abstract

Nutritional care and nutritional status may differ in older persons receiving informal (IC) or professional (PC) home care and further depend on the living situation, but little is known in this regard. In this analysis of a cross-sectional multicenter study, type of care, living situation, and nutritional care were enquired in 353 older adults (>= 65) receiving IC or PC, living either with partner (LP), with others (LO) or alone (LA), and the nutritional status was determined by BMI and MNA(R). For IC receivers, food shopping (IC-LP 94%, IC-LO 96%, IC-LA 92%) and warm meals (IC-LP 89%, IC-LO 90%, IC-LA 71%) were mainly provided by relatives, whereas 47% of PC-LA prepared warm meals by themselves and 22% received meals on wheels. Thirteen percent were underweight, 13% malnourished, and 57% at risk of malnutrition without differences between the groups. Adjusted odds ratios (OR) of being malnourished were also not different (IC-LP 2.2 [95% CI 0.5-9.7], IC-LO 1.4 [0.3-6.6], IC-LA 1.4 [0.3-6.6]) compared to PC-LA. In conclusion, provision of nutritional care obviously differed according to the type of care and living situation, whereas nutritional status does not seem to be affected by these aspects. More research is clearly needed in this field.

Authors with CRIS profile

Neshat Chareh Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin (Geriatrie) Eva Kießwetter Professur für Klinische Ernährung im Alter Anja Rappl Lehrstuhl für Biometrie und Epidemiologie Cornel Sieber Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin (Geriatrie) Dorothee Volkert Professur für Klinische Ernährung im Alter

Involved external institutions

Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn DE Germany (DE) Universität Paderborn DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Chareh, N., Kießwetter, E., Rappl, A., Stehle, P., Heseker, H., Sieber, C., & Volkert, D. (2020). Type of Care and Living Situation Are Associated with Nutritional Care but Not Nutritional Status of Older Persons Receiving Home Care. Healthcare, 8(3). https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8030296

MLA:

Chareh, Neshat, et al. "Type of Care and Living Situation Are Associated with Nutritional Care but Not Nutritional Status of Older Persons Receiving Home Care." Healthcare 8.3 (2020).

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