Malnutrition in elderly people living in aged care; Nurses preventive measures

The most unrecognized and joint problems among the elderly who live in institutions are low B.M.I. and malnutrition. This research is a review of many psychological, economic, cognitive, and social factors through which older adults' nutritional status can be affected and how nurses can play their roles in preventing and addressing malnutrition in the affected patients. The goal of the research is to examine through the evaluation of pre-existing literature; to inspect the connotation and probable reasons of undernourishment in aged people, regarding the factors affecting like economic, social, cogitative, and psychological and assess how nurses' safety measures can minimalize the undernourishment in older adults. The selection of theoretical framework for this study is Dorothea E Orem's theory of self-care deficit; nutrition is a part of self-care. For the care of the elderly at the risk of malnutrition, the nurses can utilize this theory to understand the rules and procedures. The data collection process was done through the reliable sources, PubMed, Google Scholar, Sage, PMC, Research Gate, NCNI and Europe PMC. Search keyword used were: Malnutrition in the elderly people, Elderly people living in aged care, Nurse’s care, and safety measures. This research findings indicate that role of nurses is essential for the determination of malnutrition's vulnerable clients. Additionally, relating the cause of malnutrition, nurses can also take care of the preventive measures. Medication, Individual care plans, Time management, Education, and Screening are the preventive measures for improving the nutritional needs of elderly living in aged care. Major screening tools to be used is Mini Nutritional Assessment Tool (M.NA), and other tools such as Malnutrition universal screening tool (MUST) and Subjective global assessment (S.G.A)