Malnutrition Awareness Week

Malnutrition Awareness Week is taking place 6th - 12th November.

The aim of the week is to reach out to health and social care professionals, families, family caregivers and friends and neighbours to highlight we all have a role to play helping people to notice if a loved one is losing weight or if they are not drinking enough. It is everyone’s responsibility to encourage good nutrition and hydration intake and to raise awareness of simple tips to better nutrition and hydration intake. 

What we know 

• 1 in 10 older people are at risk of malnutrition.
• Covid -19 has increased the risk 
• Long Covid has also had an impact on eating and drinking
• Preventing malnutrition and dehydration improves the health and well-being of the individual and helps to reduce the burden on the health and social care services

What we can do 

• Engage opportunities to raise the awareness of the risks 
• Promote the good practices that can help prevent malnutrition and dehydration