Our take on new figures showing a rise in older people dying in hospital with...
New figures from the Office for National Statistics have shown that the number of people dying in hospital with malnutrition as an underlying cause or as a contributory factor is rising. Malnutrition...
View ArticleTackling malnutrition in our communities
This week is Nutrition and Hydration Week, an excellent campaign which celebrates food and drink as a way of maintaining health and wellbeing. As part of the Week, the Malnutrition Task Force will be...
View ArticleHow a local charity is ensuring older adults get the support they need to eat...
In our first case study for Nutrition and Hydration Week, we’re hearing from Age UK Bath and North East Somerset (BANES) about the services they run that support older adults in the community to eat...
View ArticleEating and drinking at the end of life
This week (14th-18th May) is Dying Matters Week, a campaign to raise awareness of the importance of talking about dying, death and bereavement. In this blog, we talk about eating and drinking at the...
View ArticleThe UK’s first Malnutrition Awareness Week
The Malnutrition Task Force is delighted to announce the first ever UK Malnutrition Awareness Week which will take place 1st – 5th October 2018. We are delighted to be joining forces with BAPEN on this...
View ArticleSmall Ideas Can Make a Big Impact
This guest blog is from Eat Well Age Well, a new national project tackling malnutrition in local communities in Scotland. They’re on the lookout for innovative ideas and approaches as part of their...
View ArticleThe MTF Podcast Launches Today
The MTF Podcast launches today, where we’ll be sharing news, views, updates and good practice in nutrition and hydration and older people’s care. Listen and download to the whole series on iTunes or...
View Article‘Cake Prescriptions’ on BBC
The pioneering Community Dietician Team in Salford was centre stage this week, as BBC One’s ‘Food or Scare’ television show presented a feature on building people up with cake, featuring their workers...
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“Mum’s Looking Thinner”
Losing weight isn’t a normal part of getting older Public health messages focused on reducing obesity can make weight loss seem desirable, but as someone gets older it’s easy for weight to drop off...
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Supporting an older person who’s lost their appetite
There are times in life when we all have a poor appetite, perhaps after a bereavement or when we’ve been ill; but an older person who isn’t eating enough can become undernourished in as little as 2-3...
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