Notification type INDEX_UNDERNUTRITION

Type: INDEX_UNDERNUTRITION

Description: BMI has decreased

More info: The customer’s BMI has decreased. Special attention must be given to eating and providing nutrition.

  1. Food preferences

Offer foods that the customer likes to eat. Also take into account the customer’s wishes regarding spices and meal times. Avoid foods that the client does not like to eat.

  1. Swallowing difficulties

Does the composition of food affect swallowing? Does the client have reflux symptoms?

  1. Dental problems

Dry mouth and various other oral and dental problems can make eating difficult.

  1. Needs help in eating

In addition to physiological reasons, cognitive deviations may make it difficult for the client to eat on his own,

  1. Diseases

Pain, stomach symptoms and many diseases reduce appetite. Among other things, dementia, asthma, COPD, heart disease, liver failure, kidney failure and diabetes. Assess whether the client would benefit from using a nutritional supplement.

  1. Congnition decrease

  2. Depression

  3. Medication

Does the client have medication that can affect appetite, sense of taste, sense of smell or absorption of nutrients?

  1. Eating environment

Does the customer eat alone or together with someone else? Where does the customer eat? Do environment and company affect eating?

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