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A guide to completing the Mini Nutritional Assessment – Short Form

A guide to completing the Mini Nutritional Assessment – Short Form

Tool,

This resource is a guide and video for using the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) to identify malnutrition in older people. It explains question scoring, interpretation, and measurement procedures, with a video demonstration.

This resource was developed internationally and therefore its applicability and usefulness may be limited.

Author
External resource
External Link
https://www.mna-elderly.com/user-guide
Key Theme
Assessment and planning
Clinical safety
Food and nutrition
Standard
3: The Care and Services
5: Clinical Care
6: Food and Nutrition
Outcomes
3.1 Assessment and planning
5.5: Safety of clinical care services
6.2: Assessment of nutritional needs and preferences
A guide to completing the Mini Nutritional Assessment – Short Form

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