Preventing Malnutrition Among Older Adults

Prevention and Treatment of Malnutrition Among Home-living Older Adults Over 65 Years.

This project aims to explore whether access to a digital education video can improve the nutritional situation of home-living older adults after being discharged from the hospital.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Orthopedic and surgical in bedded patient patients in a selected regional hospital in Norway.
• Over 65 years old. Have their home address in one of nine selected municipalities in Nordland county.
• home living and due to return home after discharge directly from the hospital or after a short-term training stay at a training centre before returning home.
• Could read and understand Norwegian.
• Have consent competence.
• Have a Body mass index less than 24.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients patients only receiving liquid diet such as tube feeding
• terminal-ill patients