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Identifying and Managing Malnutrition, Frailty and Sarcopenia in the Community: A Narrative Review
Malnutrition, frailty and sarcopenia are becoming increasingly prevalent among community-dwelling older adults; yet are often unidentified and untreated in community settings. There is an urgent need for community-based healthcare professionals (HCPs) from all disciplines, including medicine, nursin...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8308465/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34371823 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13072316 |
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author | Roberts, Shelley Collins, Peter Rattray, Megan |
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description | Malnutrition, frailty and sarcopenia are becoming increasingly prevalent among community-dwelling older adults; yet are often unidentified and untreated in community settings. There is an urgent need for community-based healthcare professionals (HCPs) from all disciplines, including medicine, nursing and allied health, to be aware of, and to be able to recognise and appropriately manage these conditions. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of malnutrition, frailty and sarcopenia in the community, including their definitions, prevalence, impacts and causes/risk factors; and guidance on how these conditions may be identified and managed by HCPs in the community. A detailed description of the care process, including screening and referral, assessment and diagnosis, intervention, and monitoring and evaluation, relevant to the community context, is also provided. Further research exploring the barriers/enablers to delivering high-quality nutrition care to older community-dwelling adults who are malnourished, frail or sarcopenic is recommended, to inform the development of specific guidance for HCPs in identifying and managing these conditions in the community. |
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spelling | pubmed-83084652021-07-25 Identifying and Managing Malnutrition, Frailty and Sarcopenia in the Community: A Narrative Review Roberts, Shelley Collins, Peter Rattray, Megan Nutrients Review Malnutrition, frailty and sarcopenia are becoming increasingly prevalent among community-dwelling older adults; yet are often unidentified and untreated in community settings. There is an urgent need for community-based healthcare professionals (HCPs) from all disciplines, including medicine, nursing and allied health, to be aware of, and to be able to recognise and appropriately manage these conditions. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of malnutrition, frailty and sarcopenia in the community, including their definitions, prevalence, impacts and causes/risk factors; and guidance on how these conditions may be identified and managed by HCPs in the community. A detailed description of the care process, including screening and referral, assessment and diagnosis, intervention, and monitoring and evaluation, relevant to the community context, is also provided. Further research exploring the barriers/enablers to delivering high-quality nutrition care to older community-dwelling adults who are malnourished, frail or sarcopenic is recommended, to inform the development of specific guidance for HCPs in identifying and managing these conditions in the community. MDPI 2021-07-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8308465/ /pubmed/34371823 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13072316 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Roberts, Shelley Collins, Peter Rattray, Megan Identifying and Managing Malnutrition, Frailty and Sarcopenia in the Community: A Narrative Review |
title | Identifying and Managing Malnutrition, Frailty and Sarcopenia in the Community: A Narrative Review |
title_full | Identifying and Managing Malnutrition, Frailty and Sarcopenia in the Community: A Narrative Review |
title_fullStr | Identifying and Managing Malnutrition, Frailty and Sarcopenia in the Community: A Narrative Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Identifying and Managing Malnutrition, Frailty and Sarcopenia in the Community: A Narrative Review |
title_short | Identifying and Managing Malnutrition, Frailty and Sarcopenia in the Community: A Narrative Review |
title_sort | identifying and managing malnutrition, frailty and sarcopenia in the community: a narrative review |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8308465/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34371823 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13072316 |
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