Keeping Elders Hydrated:

Selected Resources Compiled by the J. W. Crane Memorial Library,

Deer Lodge Centre, University of Manitoba Health Sciences Libraries
Summer 2009

Journal Articles:
Forsyth DM, Lapid MI, Ellenbecker SM, Smith LK, O'Neil ML, Low DJ, et al. Hydration status of geriatric
patients in a psychiatric hospital. Issues in Mental Health Nursing 2008 Aug;29(8):853-862.

Mentes J. Oral hydration in older adults: greater awareness is needed in preventing, recognizing, and
treating dehydration. American Journal of Nursing 2006 Jun;106(6):40-9.

Rosler A, Lehmann F, Krause T, Wirth R, von Renteln-Kruse W. Nutritional and hydration status in
elderly subjects: Clinical rating versus bioimpedance analysis. Archives of Gerontology and
Geriatrics 2009 Jul 18.

Ullrich S, McCutcheon H. Nursing practice and oral fluid intake of older people with dementia. Journal
of Clinical Nursing 2008 Nov;17(21):2910-2919.

Vivanti A, Harvey K, Ash S. Developing a quick and practical screen to improve the identification of poor
hydration in geriatric and rehabilitative care. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics 2009 Apr 22.

Wotton K, Crannitch K, Munt R. Prevalence, risk factors and strategies to prevent dehydration in older
adults. Contemporary Nurse 2008 Dec;31(1):44-56.

If you are able to access University of Manitoba Libraries online resources, you may download articles
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On the World Wide Web:

BP Blogger: Cutting Through the Foggy Myths Using Best Practice Guidelines in LTC:
Fluids
http://www.rgpc.ca/best/BP%20Blogger-Fluids%20June%202007.pdf

Dementia Now: Issue on Hydration

http://www.dementia.stir.ac.uk/pdffolder/DementiaNow-Vol4-Part7-Sep07-Hydration.pdf

Health on Tap: A Campaign to Promote Good Hydration in Older People in Residential

Care. http://www.anglianwater.co.uk/_assets/media/health-on-tap-good-hydration-report.pdf

Hydration Best Practice Toolkit for Care Homes

http://www.water.org.uk/home/water-for-health/older-people/care-homes-toolkit

Joanna Briggs Best Practice Evidence Based Information Sheets for Health Professionals
Maintaining Oral Hydration in Older People.
http://www.joannabriggs.edu.au/pdf/BPISEng_5_1.pdf

National Resource Center on Nutrition, Physical Activity and Aging: Hydration

http://nutritionandaging.fiu.edu/about_long_materials.asp#3

Wise Up on Water
http://www.southeastwater.co.uk/library_pdfs/sewwiseup_older.pdf
Online video: http://www.anglianwater.co.uk/Health%20on%20Tap%20DVD.aspx

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