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Oral Nutritional Support. Garth Murray – Project Manager. When a person is at risk of Malnutrition…. Best practice. Predominantly ‘food first’ with skilled carers and cooks. CCG Initiatives. Where it’s been slipping to. Unnecessary use of prescribed factory-mixed high-calorie supplements.
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Oral Nutritional Support Garth Murray – Project Manager
When a person is at risk of Malnutrition… Best practice Predominantly ‘food first’ with skilled carers and cooks CCG Initiatives Where it’s been slipping to Unnecessary use of prescribed factory-mixed high-calorie supplements
Food-first best practice • Please think of someone you know who has low appetite and has lost weight • Ways to present food to make best use of their appetite • Fortifying food with milk powder, cream, butter, oil, sugar • How much extra energy to try to add (how many calories) • How long to try for & when to go back to normal diet • When to involve a GP if not improving
Who needs to know? • District Nurses • GPs • Who else? Can you help? • ONS Order Form • Information Pack • Care home carers & cooks • Information Pack
Where supplements are important… • We’ve changed to a better-value set of main supplements • New general prescribed supplement - ‘Foodlink Complete’ powder • Dieticians have started to set a target weight