Unresolved Feeding and Nutrition Problems of the Chronically III Aged

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This paper highlights the clinical observation that nutritional problems of the ill aged indeed reflect unresolved problems in the feeding process. Nurse-patient relationships in the feeding process have been inadequately studied and require fundamental research for resolution. In the ill aged population found in nursing homes, the wheel-chair-bound patient with varying degrees of organic brain syndrome appears most vulnerable to unexplained weight loss. Marked weight loss as a manifestation of nutritional decompensation is often related to breakdown in the feeding process rather than specific organic disease. The criteria for determining adequate nutritional criteria for the 80- to 90-year-old patient have not been fully established.

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