ESPEN Guideline on Clinical Nutrition and Hydration in Geriatrics (2022)

ESPEN provides evidence-based recommendations for clinical nutrition and hydration in older persons in order to prevent and/or treat malnutrition and dehydration, and to maintain or improve nutritional status, clinical outcomes and quality of life. They provide eighty-two evidence-based recommendations for nutritional care in older persons, covering four main topics: Basic questions and general principles, recommendations for older persons with malnutrition or at risk of malnutrition, recommendations for older patients with specific diseases, and recommendations to prevent, identify and treat dehydration. Overall, they recommend that all older persons shall routinely be screened for malnutrition in order to identify an existing risk early, and all older persons should be considered to be at risk of low-intake dehydration and encouraged to consume adequate amounts of drinks. 

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