Describe the frequency of use of nutrition education tools for undernourished older people

The description of the population will identify the characteristics of patients who use the tools and guide their use in patient care. To realize an impact assessment, It necessary to identify specific criteria for inclusion. It is important initially to assess the use of the nutritional tools. The assessment of performance (obstacles and understanding), will be used to improve tools to optimize their use.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subject of 75 years or more.
• Hospitalized geriatric day hospital.
• Living at home, within a radius of 40 km around the hospital Xavier Arnozan.
• Subject or caregiver (s) read, understand and speak the french.
• Undernutrition (criteria of the French high authority for health (HAS) 2007)
• Agreed to participate in the study: compendium of the opposition

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subject not wishing to participate in the study,
• MMSE (Mini Mental State Examination) < 20, without presence of a caregiver with no cognitive problems scoring.
• Identified palliative care.
• Presenting a contraindication to oral feeding.
• Presence of supply of enteral or parenteral.
• Presence with a diagnosis of severe psychiatric pathology.
• Already participating in a study on undernutrition.
• One against medical advice.

malnourished elderly present on hospital day care