Obese at 5 years old; What hope to work until 70?
This week Marks and Spencer have announced the launch of “plus size” school uniforms for overweight or obese primary school children [1]. The retailer says it has taken this step to meet the demands of...
View ArticleShould older people switch their margarine to prevent a heart attack?
Margarine to prevent a heart attack? It doesn’t sound right does it? In fact, there is an element of truth, but as with many food and health issues, it is more complicated than it sounds. For some...
View ArticleVitamin D and Calcium – Time to change the dietary requirements?
The UK may need to review its recommendations on calcium and vitamin D intake for older people, says an ILC-UK report “Older people and functional foods” [1]. Vitamin D and calcium are vital for bone...
View ArticlePutting nutrition at the heart of caring for older people
Last week the Care Quality Commission (CQC [1]) released the first of its inspection reports into the care of older people in NHS hospitals. They found a great deal to be concerned about, as some...
View ArticleWater, Water everywhere…are we really drinking too much?
Comment in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) last week suggested that the benefits of drinking water have been exaggerated and that those following official advice on consumption could in fact be doing...
View ArticleNutrition and Hydration week
January 23rd-27th marks the National Patient Safety Agency’s (NPSA) Nutrition and Hydration week. The week aims to ‘reinforce and focus energy, activity and engagement on nutrition and hydration as...
View ArticleCaring about nutrition
This week Carers UK published its report on Malnutrition and Caring. When malnutrition is discussed it usually in terms of the individual, health and social care resources and the preventable and...
View ArticleNutrition: Showing we Care
Recently the focus in the news regarding older people and health has been on the scandal of poor care both in hospitals (for example the issues highlighted in the Francis Report) and in the community,...
View ArticleUpdate on the Malnutrition Task Force
Back in March 2013 I wrote a blog about the need for good nutritional care as people age. Whilst awareness of malnutrition in older age has increased in the last decade there is still much work to be...
View ArticleCall for action: Hydration for older people
‘More than 1,000 care home residents have died of thirst or while suffering severe dehydration over the past decade’ reports The Daily Telegraph. The article also mentions that the figure could be...
View ArticleSign up for updates from the Ready for Ageing Alliance
The Ready for Ageing Alliance came together in 2013 following the publication of the House of Lords Committee Report by the Public Service and Demographic Change Committee. The Committee had argued:...
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