Campaigns Older patients still 'Hungry to be Heard'
31/08/2010
Nearly a third (29.4 per cent) of nurses are not confident that it would be noticed if a relative of theirs was malnourished when entering hospital, according to findings released today as part of Age UK’s Still Hungry to be Heard campaign. The results spark fresh fears that older people are still being left to go hungry in hospital.
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