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Constipation is under-estimated, under-treated and overlooked. Yet chronic constipation affects as much as 80 per cent of the older adult population living in care homes. If left untreated, it can…

Despite increasing recognition, older people living in care homes remain vulnerable to malnutrition, this has significant negative impacts on their physical and emotional well-being. In terms of social and health…

There is currently considerable interest in seeing an improvement in the detection and management of malnutrition in care homes for the older person. At the same time there are national…

I often use this blog to report on nutritional standards in care homes from the point of view of the service users or care home. But how may it be…

Eggs have been vilified for many years by well-meaning health practitioners for their high cholesterol content. The message to limit eggs to lower heart disease risk has been widely circulated…

Research has associated several vascular (heart and blood vessels) and lifestyle-related risk factors with cognitive impairment in later life and Alzheimer’s disease. Indeed, an estimated third of Alzheimer’s disease cases…

The fourth Nutrition and Hydration Week (NHW) will run from 16th-22nd March 2015. The aim of the week is to focus energy, activity and engagement on nutrition and hydration as…

A study published earlier in the year looked at the possibility of resveratrol, a compound found in foods like berries (e.g. blueberries), dark chocolate, peanuts, and particularly grapes and red…