Reducing Malnutrition Incidences in Elderly Patients

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Table of Contents
1.0 introduction....................................................................................................................................3
1.1 broad overview of the change proposal....................................................................................3
1.2 change justification and what I seek to achieve.......................................................................4
1.3 The expected nature of change.................................................................................................5
2.0 Background....................................................................................................................................5
3.0 Implementation for the change.....................................................................................................6
3.1 Change model (Kotter)..................................................................................................................7
3.1. 1 Establish a sense of urgency..............................................................................................7
3.1.2 Form a powerful guiding coalition....................................................................................7
3.1.3 Create vision........................................................................................................................7
3.1.4 Communicate the vision.....................................................................................................8
3.1.5 Empower others to act on the vision..................................................................................8
3.1.6 Plan for and create short time wins.................................................................................10
3.1.7 Consolidate improvements and produce more change..................................................10
3.1.8 Institutionalize new approaches.......................................................................................10
3.2 Quality improvement model...............................................................................................10
3.3 Leadership................................................................................................................................11
4.0 Conclusions..................................................................................................................................12
6.0 References....................................................................................................................................14

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1.0 introduction
1.1 broad overview of the change proposal
According to the records from London Bridge Hospital in the United Kingdom, 35 percent of
patients admitted to the elderly ward are malnourished, and others are at high risk of
becoming malnourished. It is depicted that 93 percent of the people at risk might be living in
the community (Slee, Birch & Stokoe, 2015).Malnutrition are both causes and consequences
of sickness, it has significant influence on health outcomes and are essential to all healthcare
pathways. Surprisingly, these challenges affecting the elderly are still being poorly
recognized in the UK and healthcare setting regardless of many reports of inadequate
nutrition (Maynard & Williams, 2018).It is important for National Health Service to address
the challenges and improve the delivery and commissioning of excellent nutrition in London
Bridge Hospital.
The best thing that can be done is to come up with change proposal, the change proposal will
help in reducing malnutrition incidents in London Bridge Hospital elderly ward. National
health services (NHS) should mobilize change in the hospital unit. NHS is a public-funded
national body which aims it providing healthcare services in the UK (Iganski & Mason,
2018).Malnutrition is a condition that is caused by eating food which some nutrients are
either too low or too high that the diet leads to health complications. It may involve proteins,
calories, vitamins, carbohydrates, and minerals (Rondel, Langius, de van, Kruizenga, 2018).
The elderly are always the backbone of our society, so there is a great need to protect them
against malnutrition. Some of these scenarios always just occur due to negligence by the said
family members who need to take great care of their relatives. Taking good care of the
elderly is something that should be very imperative to all the people in a society. Being old is
something which nature bestows to us, so that makes it inevitable; you cannot avoid falling in

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that phase of human life. This proposal tends to bring a new face that needs to be placed into
consideration so as to reduce cases of malnutrition among the elderly in the health unit to
increase their mortality rate. Malnutrition among the elderly is always associated with many
things that the project will iron out to ensure proper living standard among the elder patients
admitted to the hospital. Consequently, a good or a healthy living among all the people in a
family setup is always a symbol of good economic status in the community or within the
entire national scope. Candidly, it is a macabre that is characterized due to many things:
reduced food intake is one of the major problems, increase prices of food making foodstuff to
be very difficult for them to purchase, sensory impairment, and lack of a properly balanced
diet (Haste et al.2018).
1.2 change justification and what I seek to achieve
Honestly, across the entire globe, the elderly people are acknowledged to be one of the
vulnerable people in a community or the society at large. Indeed, what amazes is that still
there is a little input done to them to meet some of their intended needs, or even recognizing
some of the contributions and the unique capacities that they have or possess in the society.
Admitting, some of the interventions do ignore the special needs of the aged people in the
London Bridge Hospital elderly unit. The intervention does clearly, separate against and on
instance look down upon their capability to support themselves individually. It goes without
mentioning that most of the agencies have come out clearly to protect and safeguard the lives
of elders who suffer from malnutrition. Though less interest, manpower or knowledge have
been put towards protecting the elderly group in the hospital who are always the victims of
circumstance. Emergency programs which will act as an intervention towards the cases of
malnutrition among the elderly should be initiated to tackle this menace that deprives as the
elderly people who most of them are always our grandmothers, grandparents or even our
parents. Health services may not be tailored towards supporting the elderly in the society due