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Living Knowing You May
Have Alzheimer's Gene
Genetic characteristics can increase the risk of developing early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, according to an article published in The New York Times.
Doctors Grapple With
Prostate Screening Guidelines
Recommendations from a federal task force to limit routine prostate-specific antigen testing despite its proven value have drawn criticism from some physicians, reports The Baltimore Sun.
After a Stroke,
Therapy Gets Faster
A split treadmill that simulates a stroke victim’s lower limb deficit may improve therapy following a stroke, according to an article in The Wall Street Journal.
Blood Pressure
Technique Studied
Renal denervation may provide a solution for extreme cases of hypertension, according to an article in the Arizona Daily Star. |
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This month’s selection:
What is the best nutrition screening for the elderly? Is one better for nursing home residents vs. seniors who live at home vs. hospitalized patients?
Linda L. Kwiatkowski, RD, CDE
Arapahoe Medical Offices
Kaiser Permanente Population & Prevention Services
Centennial, Colorado
Response:
As we age, adequate daily nutrition becomes the life force allowing aging bones, muscles, and minds to stay active and alert. The gold standard for evaluating nutritional status in the elderly is a simple procedure. Have a patient step on a scale. Older adults who lose 5% of their body weight over the course of one year or less are at risk of malnutrition. It is a change in body weight that identifies when an individual is not getting adequate calories to make up for the calories used by the body for a day’s activities.
Checking for changes in body weight is accurate and applicable for individuals in nursing homes as well as other care settings, as long as health status is generally stable. Bed or wheelchair scales can be used for patients who cannot stand.
Nowadays much attention is paid to body mass index (BMI). In the elderly, a BMI under 22 can be an indicator of poor nutrition. However, given age- and disease-related changes in bone and muscle mass, this one measurement is not as precise in older adults and does not measure the critical issue of change in body weight.
Hospitalized patients with various conditions and undergoing medical and/or surgical treatments are not good candidates for evaluation of general nutritional status.
— Rosemary Laird, MD, is the medical director of Health First Aging Institute and The Center for Family Caregivers in Melbourne, Florida. |
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