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Nutritional Vulnerability in Older Adults: A Continuum of Concerns.

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Porter Starr, KN; McDonald, SR; Bales, CW
Published in: Curr Nutr Rep
June 2015

A nutritionally vulnerable older adult has a reduced physical reserve that limits the ability to mount a vigorous recovery in the face of an acute health threat or stressor. Often this vulnerability contributes to more medical complications, longer hospital stays, and increased likelihood of nursing home admission. We have characterized in this review the etiology of nutritional vulnerability across the continuum of the community, hospital, and long term care settings. Frail older adults may become less vulnerable with strong, consistent, and individualized nutritional care. Interventions for the vulnerable older adult must take their nutritional needs into account to optimize resiliency in the face of the acute and/or chronic health challenges they will surely face in their life course.

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Curr Nutr Rep

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2161-3311

Publication Date

June 2015

Volume

4

Issue

2

Start / End Page

176 / 184

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • 3210 Nutrition and dietetics
  • 1111 Nutrition and Dietetics
 

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Porter Starr, K. N., McDonald, S. R., & Bales, C. W. (2015). Nutritional Vulnerability in Older Adults: A Continuum of Concerns. Curr Nutr Rep, 4(2), 176–184. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13668-015-0118-6
Porter Starr, Kathryn N., Shelley R. McDonald, and Connie W. Bales. “Nutritional Vulnerability in Older Adults: A Continuum of Concerns.Curr Nutr Rep 4, no. 2 (June 2015): 176–84. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13668-015-0118-6.
Porter Starr KN, McDonald SR, Bales CW. Nutritional Vulnerability in Older Adults: A Continuum of Concerns. Curr Nutr Rep. 2015 Jun;4(2):176–84.
Porter Starr, Kathryn N., et al. “Nutritional Vulnerability in Older Adults: A Continuum of Concerns.Curr Nutr Rep, vol. 4, no. 2, June 2015, pp. 176–84. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/s13668-015-0118-6.
Porter Starr KN, McDonald SR, Bales CW. Nutritional Vulnerability in Older Adults: A Continuum of Concerns. Curr Nutr Rep. 2015 Jun;4(2):176–184.
Journal cover image

Published In

Curr Nutr Rep

DOI

ISSN

2161-3311

Publication Date

June 2015

Volume

4

Issue

2

Start / End Page

176 / 184

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • 3210 Nutrition and dietetics
  • 1111 Nutrition and Dietetics