Indeed. Urinary tract infections, bladder infections and kidney diseases are some of the biggest challenges associated with cognitive impairment in older adults. Very often what we see is that people are being diagnosed with dementia when actually they lack proper nutrition and are having challenges with those types of diseases. So, we have an outflow event as well. We need to make sure that we're doing proper discharges after acute incidents, whether the older adult has had the flu or shingles or been in hospital for a fall. Discharge is usually very short and consultations are rarely at-home consultations. Nutrition visits are one of the key areas that could really make a huge difference for people.
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