A May, 2008 publication by the Dementia Collaborative Research Centres at Queensland University in Australia. This report explores oral liquid nutritional supplements (OLNS), which are often prescribed and administered as a nutritional maintenance strategy for people with dementia living in residential aged care facilities (RACFs).
Adequate nutrition for people with dementia is influenced by a variety of factors related to intake refusal, behavioural aspects of dementia, most notably wandering and pacing, and disease progression, with resultant weight loss issues and nutrition-related morbidity. These issues represent a challenging aspect of health service delivery for nursing, medical and allied health staff working with people with dementia.
The aim of this research was to investigate and describe the prescription and administration of OLNS for people with dementia living in RACFs over a three month period in 2007.
http://www.dementia.unsw.edu.au/DCRCweb.nsf/resources/DCRC3+Products+3/$file/OLNS+Report_FINAL_31_3_09.pdf
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