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New RCP guidance on hydration and nutrition in complex older patients

Updated guidance from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) should help physicians make challenging decisions about nutrition and hydration and when to start, continue or stop treatment in end of life patients.

Updated guidance from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) should help physicians make challenging decisions about nutrition and hydration and when to start, continue or stop treatment in end of life patients. The guidance has been produced by a multidisciplinary working party and aims to reflect the growing number of older patients in hospitals who have increasingly complex multiple long-term conditions, including cerebrovascular disease, degenerative neurological diseases and frailty. Aspiration pneumonia in geriatric patients Management of Parkinson’s disease symptoms in the last days of life New guidance on end of life care for frail older patients Difficulties with eating and drinking are common in these

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