Nutrition Able to take feeding to Dysphagia adequate food ensure adequate requiring skilled and drink by intake of food and intervention to mouth to meet all takes a long time ensure adequate nutritional (half an hour or nutrition/hydration requirements. more), including and minimise the liquidised feed. risk of choking and OR aspiration to OR supervision, maintain airway. prompting with Unable to take any OR meals, or may food and drink by need feeding mouth, but all Subcutaneous and/or a special nutritional fluids that are diet. requirements are managed by the being adequately individual or OR maintained by specifically trained Able to take food artificial means, for carers or care and drink by example via a workers. mouth but problematic PEG. OR requires Nutritional status ‘at feeding. risk’ and may be associated with unintended, significant weight loss. OR Significant weight loss or gain due to an identified eating disorder.
Nutrition Able to take adequate food and drink by mouth to meet all nutritional requirements. OR supervision, prompting with meals, or may need feeding and/or a special diet. OR Able to take food and drink by mouth but requires feeding. feeding to ensure adequate intake of food and takes a long time (half an hour or more), including liquidised feed. OR Unable to take any food and drink by mouth, but all nutritional requirements are being adequately maintained by artificial means, for example via a PEG. Dysphagia requiring skilled intervention to ensure adequate nutrition/hydration and minimise the risk of choking and aspiration to maintain airway. OR Subcutaneous fluids that are managed by the individual or specifically trained carers or care workers. OR Nutritional status ‘at risk’ and may be associated with unintended, significant weight loss. OR Significant weight loss or gain due to an identified eating disorder. problematic
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