[Nutritional Status of Patients Receiving Home Care and Necessity of Home-Visit Nutritional Guidance].

ABSTRACT

At the start of home-visit nutritional guidance by managerial dietician, we investigated nutritional status of patients receiving home care. Subjects included 76 patients receiving home care who started care between May 2018 and July 2018. Among the patients, 85.5%were aged 75 years or older. Serum albumin(Alb)values were used for nutritional assessment. Medium to high risk of malnutrition were found in 35 patients(46%). We want to engage in multi-professional support for those cared persons by giving home-visit nutritional guidance.