Tag Archives: Malnutrition
You save lives, but do you save your own?
We claim to advocate health, yet so many still smoke like chimneys, eat garbage, don’t eat healthy fresh fruit & veges, and have no idea as to the value of nutritional supplements. Many look ‘unhealthy’… so how can this image bestow faith (as healers) on those we care for at work? Continue reading
Tagged: advocate, antioxidants, biorhythms, diet, health, Malnutrition, nursing sydney, nutrition, obese, overweight, overwork, sleep patterns, smoking, toxins
Malnutrition Allegations in Aged Care (Part 2 of 2)
This is the second part of this article. Please go to Part 1 if you have missed it. The DAA suggests that we catch the problem early and monitor food intake in our residents. Every facility, no matter which provider … Continue reading
Tagged: aged care and nutriton, Malnutrition, malnutrition in the elderly, monitoring malnutrition
Malnutrition Allegations in Aged Care (Part 1 of 2)
In a March media release for the Dieticians Association of Australia (DAA), a claim was made that 1 in 2 elderly people residing in an aged care facility was malnourished and they are asking the government to do something about … Continue reading
Tagged: aged care, Malnutrition, malnutrition in elderly, nursing, nursing in australia


