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Use of Nutrition Screening Initiative For Older Adults

The document summarizes the Nutrition Screening Initiative for Older Adults, which was published in 1993. It aims to identify and address nutritional problems in older adults. The initiative includes a 3-part questionnaire to determine nutritional risk. Part 1 assesses eating habits and living conditions. Part 2 identifies those in need of food assistance using BMI and other factors. Part 3 contains diagnostic questions for identifying seniors at high nutritional risk, looking at factors like BMI, lab tests, and medication use. The screening tool helps notify healthcare providers about seniors who may need intervention due to unexpected weight changes, low food budgets, or other warning signs.

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Use of Nutrition Screening Initiative For Older Adults

The document summarizes the Nutrition Screening Initiative for Older Adults, which was published in 1993. It aims to identify and address nutritional problems in older adults. The initiative includes a 3-part questionnaire to determine nutritional risk. Part 1 assesses eating habits and living conditions. Part 2 identifies those in need of food assistance using BMI and other factors. Part 3 contains diagnostic questions for identifying seniors at high nutritional risk, looking at factors like BMI, lab tests, and medication use. The screening tool helps notify healthcare providers about seniors who may need intervention due to unexpected weight changes, low food budgets, or other warning signs.

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USE OF NUTRITION SCREENING INITIATIVE FOR OLDER  Reduced Social Contact- being with people

ADULTS daily has positive effect on morale, well-


being, and eating.
Nutrition- eating a healthy and balance diet so boy  Multiple Medicine- side effects of medicines
gets nutrients that it needs. may affect appetite, change in taste. GI
A good diet in senior years: discomforts.
1. Prevent osteoporosis  Involuntary weight gain/loss- increases
2. Balance blood pressure chances of poor health.
3. Fights heart disease  Needs assistance in self-care- limitations in
4. Lowers the risk of cancer mobility
 Elder age above 80- as age increases, so is risk
NUTRITION SCREENING INITIATIVE FOR OLDER ADULTS for many health problems.
 Was published in the July 1993 issue of the
American Journal of Public Health LEVEL 1
 National effort to identify and address  Measure the BMI using nomogram
nutritional problems in older adults. Central to  Measure height to the nearest inch
determine initiative is a questionnaire Weight to the nearest pound
designed to determine your nutritional risk, Record number below and mark them on the
which is based on common warning signs of BMI scale to the right.
poor nutrition. Use ruler to connect the 2 points and circle the
 Health care providers adapted determine spot where this straight line crosses the center
checklist line (BMI)
 Healthy older adult should have BMI between
QUESTIONNAIRE 3 PARTS: 24-27
1. Determine your nutritional health checklist-  Check boxes that are true to individual. If it has
can be administered by any level of health lost or gained 10 pounds or more in the past 6
care professional months.
2. Level 1- can be administer by health and social  For remaining section, ask which statement is
service professionals to identify those in need true and check that each applies
of food assistance and nutrition therapy. Eating habits
3. Level 2- contains specific diagnostic questions Living environment
that health and medical professional can use Functional Status
to identify senior at high nutritional risk.
WARNING SIGNS
DETERMINE YOUR NUTRITIONAL HEALTH CHECKLIST: Notify if the answer to the tool is indicated:
1. 10 questions (eating frequency, what food  Gained or lost 10 pounds unexpectedly in last
they typically choose, their weight, whether six months or if body mass index is above 27 or
they cook their own meals and whether they below 24
drink alcohol and how much.)  Having less the 25 dollars to 30 dollars a week
2. Circle “yes” next to each true statement and to spend on food and needing assisting with
add total score shopping
3. Score
0-2= good LEVEL 2
3-5= moderate risk
 Primarily measure the BMI using nomogram
6= high risk
 Measurement of mid-arm circumference,
 Disease- causes change in the way you eat or
triceps skinfold, mid-arm muscle
put you at nutritional risk.
circumference.
 Eating Poorly- eating too little or too much,
 Laboratory data
eating same foods day after day, skipping
 Drug Use
meal
 Tooth loss/mouth pain- missing tooth, rotten
teeth, dentures that don’t fit well.
 Economic Hardship- hard to get food to stay
healthy.

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