Nutrition in palliative care: issues, perceptions and opportunities to improve care for patients

• DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2022.31.21.s20
• Publication Date: 2022-11-23T14:28:56Z
• Authors: Anne Holdoway
• Keywords: Health Professionals

Dietary advice, the provision of timely nutritional support and alleviation diet-related issues, should be an essential component a holistic approach to palliative end-of-life care, adjusted account for stage in patient's journey, including prognosis. With ageing population increasing numbers people living with not just one life-limiting disease but several, dietary management these patients is becoming more complex. This article considers issues families experience, how nurses can play key role identifying alleviating nutrition- use tools screen, assess guide nutrition conversations interventions. The content mostly drawn from literature relating cancer knowledge derived stakeholder engagement, clinical observations dietetic hospice setting qualitative research on diet care as perceived by patients, carers, health professionals.