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NUTRITION IN THE ELDERLY

Assessment Tools

Try this: Best practices in nursing care to older adults: Nutrition and hydration assessment, Issue #9. Retrieved July 28, 2004, from The John A. Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, College of Nursing, New York University.

The Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index. Order from The John A. Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, College of Nursing, New York University. See oral Healthcare topic, Assessment Tools: The Kayser-Jones Brief Oral Heath Status Examination.

Shelkey, M. & Wallace, M. (Oct 1998). Try this: Best practices in nursing care to older adults: Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living (ADL), Issue #2. Retrieved December 15, 2004 from The John A. Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, College of Nursing, New York University Web site: http://consultgerirn.org/uploads/File/trythis/issue02.pdf

Nestle Clinical Nutrition. A guide to completing the Mini-nutritional assessment MNA® or Mini Nutritional Assessment. http://www.mna-elderly.com/

Last updated - January 2006