Stroke Training and Awareness Resources (STARs)


Nutritional care plan

Nutritional Care Plan

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Name: Connie Smith
Ward: Stroke Unit, Gourmet General Hospital
Nutritional Risk: High

Nutritional/Dietetic Diagnosis: Inadequate intake related to dysphagia, reduced appetite as evidenced by BMI < 18kg/m2 and 7.9% unintentional weight loss.

Aim/outcomes: Help Connie to meet her nutritional requirements to maintain her weight and support recovery from stroke

Plan: SLT recommendations – level 5 food (minced and moist) and level 0, thin fluids

Offer level 5 snacks between meals, e.g. custard, full fat yoghurt

Offer full cream milk

1 x compact milk based supplement per day

Daily food and fluid chart Weekly weight and MUST score

 

Page last reviewed: 10 Apr 2021