TY - JOUR
T1 - Older Adults' and Their Informal Caregivers' Experiences and Needs regarding Nutritional Care Provided in the Periods before, during and after Hospitalization
T2 - A Qualitative Study
AU - Ten Cate, Debbie
AU - Mellema, Mattanja
AU - Ettema, Roelof G A
AU - Schuurmans, Marieke J
AU - Schoonhoven, Lisette
N1 - Funding Information:
The Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) funded the project, project number 520002003. The funding body had no further role in this study. We thank all older adults and their informal caregivers who participated in this study. We acknowledge all managers, medical doctors, and nurse specialists for their support in recruiting participants. We also thank Josien Engel, PhD RN, and Jeroen Dikken, PhD RN, for their contribution during the data analysis.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2021/4/10
Y1 - 2021/4/10
N2 - To enhance prevention and treatment of malnutrition in older adults before, during and after hospitalization, deeper understanding of older adults' and informal caregivers' perspective on nutritional care is important. One-time in-depth interviews were conducted with 15 older adults who had been discharged from hospital, and seven informal caregivers. We explored their experiences and needs regarding nutritional care provided in the periods before, during and after hospitalization. Five themes emerged from the data: (1) dietary intake, (2) food service during hospitalization, (3) nutrition-related activities, (4) whose job it is to give nutritional care, and (5) competing care priorities. Further, several opinions about nutritional issues were identified. Older adults and informal caregivers did not always experience optimal nutritional care. When discussing nutritional care, they mainly focused on the in-hospital period. When providing nutritional care and developing guidelines, older adults' and informal caregivers' perspective on nutritional care should be incorporated. Here, the periods before, during and after hospitalization should be taken into account equally.
AB - To enhance prevention and treatment of malnutrition in older adults before, during and after hospitalization, deeper understanding of older adults' and informal caregivers' perspective on nutritional care is important. One-time in-depth interviews were conducted with 15 older adults who had been discharged from hospital, and seven informal caregivers. We explored their experiences and needs regarding nutritional care provided in the periods before, during and after hospitalization. Five themes emerged from the data: (1) dietary intake, (2) food service during hospitalization, (3) nutrition-related activities, (4) whose job it is to give nutritional care, and (5) competing care priorities. Further, several opinions about nutritional issues were identified. Older adults and informal caregivers did not always experience optimal nutritional care. When discussing nutritional care, they mainly focused on the in-hospital period. When providing nutritional care and developing guidelines, older adults' and informal caregivers' perspective on nutritional care should be incorporated. Here, the periods before, during and after hospitalization should be taken into account equally.
KW - Older adults
KW - after hospitalization
KW - before
KW - during
KW - informal caregivers
KW - malnutrition
KW - nutritional care
KW - qualitative research
KW - thematic analysis
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U2 - 10.1080/21551197.2021.1906822
DO - 10.1080/21551197.2021.1906822
M3 - Article
C2 - 33835889
SN - 2155-1200
VL - 40
SP - 80
EP - 107
JO - Journal of nutrition in gerontology and geriatrics
JF - Journal of nutrition in gerontology and geriatrics
IS - 2-3
ER -