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Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2014 | Volume: 17 | Issue: 10 | Page No.: 1098-1105
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Authors

Ghazi Daradkeh

Musthafa M Essa

S. Samir Al-Adawi

Roopa P. Koshy

Abdullah Al-Asmi

Mostafa I. Waly

Keywords

The elderly population is increasing worldwide and it has been suggested that senior citizens will continue to constitute the bulk of the population in many countries. Nutritional status of senior citizens are adversely affected by their frailty, chronic condition and declining cognitive functioning. Conversely, malnourished elderly further deteriorate their frailty, chronic disease and cognitive functioning. The aim of this review article is to recognize the importance of nutritional assessment of elderly population particularly those with cognitive impairment. First part is to highlight characteristic cognitive impairment among senior citizens and the second one highlight t he background in which malnutrition is a factor that leads to increased risk of morbidity and mortality in the elderly. This review also highlight salgorithms for safeguarding nutritional status among senior citizen and focuses on importance of nutritional screening, assessment and early intervention for safeguarding further deterioration of elderly who are likely to prone to cognitive impairment.
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