The latest results of nutritional status screening among people living in social homes and the indications of supplementary, formula feeding

Introduction: The primary objective of our study was the nutritional status screening of the people living in nursing homes, and comparing the results with data from previous years. We set off a further objective the trace of the formula feeding fulfils or not, and search of correspondence between malnutrition and formula feeding. Patients and methods: in 31 social homes in all 1590 over the age of eighteen (742/46.7%/male, 848/53.3%/female, the average age was 62.2 ± 18.0 years) voluntary applicants, who live constantly residential institution, were screened in 2011 with the method of Malnutrition Universal Scr…