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1D1: Nutritional status of the older adult 6 6 unread replies. 6 6 replies. In 2011 the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) introduced the "My Plate" initiative, to help Americans make healthy food choices and to be active every day. Recently, new guidelines were released, and the initiative was updated to include, "MyPlateMyWins!" Initial Discussion Post: Review the following resource: United States Department of Agriculture: ChooseMyPlate.gov. (2015). Older adults (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site. . Retrieved from http://www.choosemyplate.gov/older-adults Mrs. Jenkins is a 70-year-old patient at the primary care provider for a routine visit. As you are gathering data prior to showing her into an examination room, you note her height and weight, of 65 inches and 101 pounds. Calculate Mrs. Jenkins’ BMI and interpret the result. Discuss two additional specific assessments you would perform, and why the information you obtain in these assessments might be a concern to the RN. Based on these assessments: What education would you provide related to this concern? Identify a member of the health care team with whom you would collaborate about this concern. Be sure to use evidence from the assigned text or website, or other professional sources in your answer. Base your initial post on your readings and research of this topic. Your initial post must contain a minimum of 250 words. References, citations, and repeating the question do not count towards the 250-word minimum.

Answer 1

Mrs.jerkins height is 65inches(165cm) and weight is101pounds (46kg)..First change height in to meters..so 100cm in a meter..divide 165 by 100=1.65
   46divided(1.65X1.65)
46divided by 2.72
BMI=16.9
Mrs.jerkins weight considered as a underweight..she must be weight between 121.7 to 164.4 pounds weight..
Two additional specific assessment
Nutritional assessment: nutrition assessment is necessary for diagnosing malnutrition in the elderly population..malnutrition has been associated with compromised congnitive capacity in the elderly people..mal nutrition make elder people in to medical illness,depression and inability to cope up with their work..
vision assessment: due to poor nutrition their will be impairment in their eyes,they can get poor vision,cataract,glaucoma and macular regeneration can develop overtime.simple assessment can be done by RN by asking the patient to read short passage from any book or magazine..
Education:
- As they are aged they have to eat such a nutritional food which include potassium,calcium,vitamin D,vitamin B12,minerals and dietary fibers..
-Eating calorie food can provide energy for them..
-Advice to add fruit and vegetables and avoid salt and sugar in diet..
-drink 3cups of fat-free or low-fat milk daily to strenghten their bone..and they can add yogurt,buttermilk,hard cheese in diet,
-drink more water and avoid sugary drinks..
-consume vitamin B12 diet
   -Advice to be active and 10minutes exercise is essential to improve their physical activity..
-advice to come for regualar physical assessment..
Diatetian can provide nutritional advice with menu for Mrs.jerkins with her underweight problem..