Advancing Malnutrition Care Quality for Older Adults
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The Defeat Malnutrition Today Coalition has released an update on policy actions to reduce malnutrition in older adults.
In 2017 – and again in 2020 – Defeat Malnutrition Today and the Malnutrition Quality Improvement Initiative collaborated with aging experts from around the country to design a National Blueprint for Achieving Quality Malnutrition Care for Older Adults. This framework guided stakeholders in healthcare delivery and policy in the actions needed to advance prevention, identification, treatment, research, and public health action towards malnutrition in older adults.
In this new white paper, Defeat Malnutrition Today assesses progress, gaps, and recommendations towards achieving the 2020 National Blueprint. The white paper notes four priority areas for action:
• Expand nutrition-focused quality measures across settings
• Strengthen workforce capacity
• Improve infrastructure for seamless transitions
• Unite stakeholders under shared evidence-based frameworks.
In 2017 – and again in 2020 – Defeat Malnutrition Today and the Malnutrition Quality Improvement Initiative collaborated with aging experts from around the country to design a National Blueprint for Achieving Quality Malnutrition Care for Older Adults. This framework guided stakeholders in healthcare delivery and policy in the actions needed to advance prevention, identification, treatment, research, and public health action towards malnutrition in older adults.
In this new white paper, Defeat Malnutrition Today assesses progress, gaps, and recommendations towards achieving the 2020 National Blueprint. The white paper notes four priority areas for action:
• Expand nutrition-focused quality measures across settings
• Strengthen workforce capacity
• Improve infrastructure for seamless transitions
• Unite stakeholders under shared evidence-based frameworks.