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Meals on Wheels supports older and disabled people to live independently in the community by reducing the risk of malnutrition, loneliness, and social isolation. Alongside at least one nutritious meal every day, regular caring contact helps reduce avoidable health and care costs, as well as providing support for carers.
Try to encourage good nutrition and hydration, and make mealtimes enjoyable for the person you care for. High-protein foods. Base their meals and snacks on foods that are high in energy and protein. These include: meat; oily fish (such as salmon and mackerel) eggs; nuts; full-fat dairy, such as yoghurt or cheese
Meals on wheels are an essential preventative service that alleviate stress from other parts of the adult social care and healthcare system: for example they allow hospital patients to be discharged at an earlier stage of their recovery; they facilitate improved health and strength, thus decreasing the number of GP visits or emergency service ca...
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Context
- National Guidelines and Standards
- Literature Review
- Emerging Themes in The Literature Review
- Synthesis of Research Findings and Emerging Practice
- Conclusions
- References
The evidence suggests that malnutrition causes significant and long-lasting health conditions. In an ageing society where the cost of long-term care is increasingly unaffordable, we need to ensure that older people age well. Being malnourished increases the risk of frailty and is therefore detrimental. Identifying and treating malnutrition is an im...
This review of evidence aims to consider ‘what works’ in supporting older people to maintain a healthy diet and reduce the risk of malnutrition in a community setting. It is intended for anyone working on older people’s health, particularly those working on nutrition and those supporting older people in daily living. It reviews the relevant nationa...
The majority (93%) of people at risk of malnutrition are living in the community, 5% are in care homes and 2% are in hospital. Consequently, the focus of this paper is on older people in the community. More information is available from the MTF. The literature [5, 6] shows that those living in deprived or isolated circumstances are at greater risk ...
NICE guidance CG32on nutrition support in adults covers the care of patients with malnutrition or at risk of malnutrition, whether they are in hospital or at home. It doesn’t cover malnutrition or its treatments in detail. Explanation of this type of nutritional support can be found here NICE quality standard QS24defines clinical best practice with...
The literature search was undertaken by PHE’s Knowledge and Library Services using the search topic: What are the success criteria for community programmes encouraging healthy eating for people over 65 years? References from this search are at the end of this report.
While many issues were not covered in the literature review, four major themes did emerge: 1. access to healthier food and drink options and food poverty 2. ability to prepare healthier food 3. functional and cognitive impairment and ability to eat healthier food including poor oral health 4. food and dietary resilience These themes are areas to co...
Telephone interviews with older people’s leads from PHEcentres, local authorities, local AHSNs and third sector organisations in England were undertaken to discover what examples of emerging practices exist that could be scaled-up and used by others. Practice objectives and outputs were then collated through the completion of a template by project ...
Given the current evidence and the information provided by the case studies we would suggest that those commissioning future services in the community for older people (greater than 65 years old) consider in particular the following four aspects: 1. access to healthier food and drink options and food poverty 2. ability to prepare healthier food 3. ...
Nutrition Support in Adults (CG32), NICE, 2006Vera Todorovic, Christine Russell and Marinos Elia (Eds). The MUSTExplanatory Booklet, 2011Elia M, Russell CA. Combating malnutrition: Recommendations for action: A report from the Advisory Group on Malnutrition led by BAPEN, 2009The overall health and well-being of seniors are significantly enhanced through the benefits of Meals on Wheels. Good nutrition is the foundation of good health, and by ensuring seniors have access to nutritious meals, these programs help to improve energy levels, immune function, and mental health.
Oct 27, 2022 · Meals on wheels have a clear role to play in maintaining the food security of older people in an acceptable way for those unable to shop or cook for themselves (Warren et al., 2020). Recently there has been increasing concern about food insecurity in later life.
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Mar 4, 2021 · The main findings of this review are the following: (1) home-delivery meal older recipients are at high risk of undernutrition; (2) providing home-delivery meals may improve the nutritional status and nutrient intake; (3) this improvement is even higher when the home-delivery meal service is improved, for instance by providing dietetic counselin...
