Nutrition in dementia

Volkert D, Sieber C, Wirth R (2016)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2016

Journal

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift Georg Thieme Verlag

Book Volume: 141

Pages Range: 762-6

Journal Issue: 11

DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-107088

Abstract

Older people suffering from dementia are at increased risk of malnutrition due to various nutritional problems, and the question arises which interventions are effective in maintaining adequate nutritional intake and nutritional status in the course of the disease. In an international expert group, initiated by the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN), 26 evidence-based recommendations for nutritional care of older persons with dementia have been developed, covering the topics of screening and assessment of malnutrition, strategies to support oral nutrition, oral supplementation and artificial nutrition. This article is a short version of the guideline.

Authors with CRIS profile

Dorothee Volkert Professur für Klinische Ernährung im Alter Cornel Sieber Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin (Geriatrie)

Involved external institutions

St.-Marien-Hospital Borken DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Volkert, D., Sieber, C., & Wirth, R. (2016). Nutrition in dementia. Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift, 141(11), 762-6. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-107088

MLA:

Volkert, Dorothee, Cornel Sieber, and Rainer Wirth. "Nutrition in dementia." Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift 141.11 (2016): 762-6.

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