Support Safer Ageing & Quality of Life

Ageing is a normal biologic process.

Yet, disease and impaired function are not an inevitable part of ageing.

Genetics, illnesses, socio economics,  and lifestyle, determine how ageing progresses for each person.

In ageing adults, nutrition care is not limited to disease management or medical nutrition therapy, but has an even stronger focus on disease prevention, and maintaining physical strength, mobility and independence.

Slowing the progression of nutrition related diseases, improving self-care behaviours, paired with physical activity, becomes more important than ever before.

However, many challenges may arise, requiring individualised nutrition care planning.

These may include inability to shop for or prepare healthy meals, altered sense of smell and taste, impaired eyesight, poor oral health and difficulties in chewing and swallowing, achlorhydria (insufficient production of stomach acid ), decreased absorption of nutrients, constipation, obesity or underweight, medical conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, rheumatoid conditions, recovery from a stroke, age onset dementia, and more.

Insufficient food and nutrient intake may lead to premature loss of nutritional status, loss of lean body mass, strength and depression.

Assisted living facilities may need dietitian expertise in order to meet special individualized requirements of their ageing residents.  Adult children may benefit significantly from a dietitian’s skilled assistance to make the nutrition care process of an ageing parent not only well-informed, but also easy, practical, and sustainable.