Clinical Toolbox

Context for Use
Table of nutritional interventions to consider when determining the most appropriate route of feeding in the elderly patient who is undernourished or at nutritional risk.


Lists the available nutritional interventions and examples of clinical situations in which the route may be appropriate.


Does not capture the complexity of nutritional considerations in the heterogeneous geriatric population.


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General Resources for Inpatient Elder Care
Mental Status Tests
Physical Function Tests
Mobility Assessment Tools
Pain Assessment
Pressure Ulcers
Practice Guidelines
Nutrition

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