Patients who are identified to be malnourished (SGA B or C) and who do not fully recover their nutritional status during their admission, require ongoing care in the community. Health care teams should strive to provide a referral for ongoing nutritional treatment by a dietitian when rehabilitation of nutritional status is on-going. Health care teams need to educate the patient and family on key community resources that can support access to food (e.g. meal programs) and aspects of their nutrition care plan to support continued recovery in the community.
Meal and Food Support Services Documents
The following tools are provided to offer examples of patient handouts that can be provided to support continued recovery post discharge.
Physician Communication Form
This form is sent to community physicians to inform them of the nutritional status of malnourished patients.
Food is Medicine - Eating Well at Home
Food is Medicine - Eating Well for Recovery
Making sure that you get proper nutrition at home can help you recover more quickly, build and maintain muscle, prevent new illness and reduce your chances of being readmitted to the hospital.
Acknowledgment: The ideas and resources included on this page are provided in part by the hospitals involved in the More-2-Eat project.
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