Older adults are prone to dehydration for many reasons, including a diminished sensation of thirst, medication side effects, ...

The following is an installment of the "Try This" series published by the John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing. The content is intended to encourage nurses to understand the ...

In this article, we review the most important age-related risk factors for dehydration because they may help to identify older adults most at risk for dehydration. Next, we summarize recent ...

In older adults and in people who are very ill, dehydration is a risk factor for delirium and delirium that looks like ...

Hermann said some older adults are particularly susceptible to dehydration because they may limit fluid intake due to concerns about incontinence. Also, the thirst mechanism isn’t as effective ...

The review by Deißler et al. on the methods for the diagnosis of dehydration in older adults >65 years concluded that using serum osmolality, serum Na concentration, sonography of the inferior ...