How can nurses identify deconditioning in an older person?
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How can nurses identify deconditioning in an older person?

Susan Royse Assistant professor advanced clinical practice, School of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University
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Nurses can help manage the risk of deconditioning syndrome in older people in hospital by encouraging them to be more active

Deconditioning is a complex process of physiological change that can have a negative effect on functional ability. It can affect all body systems and cause muscle myopathy and atrophy (Santy-Tomlinson 2021) and is a common cause of decline in older people after hospitalisation.

Nursing Older People. 35, 6, 19-20. doi: 10.7748/nop.35.6.19.s9

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05 December 2023 / Vol 35 issue 6

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