What are nutritional Care related to Neurological Disorder?

Let us then move on to the nutritional care. The important goals of nutritional care are to:

• prevent further disability,
• restore or achieve optimal potential of the patients physical, mental and social abilities, and

improves the quality of life of the patient.

In order to meet these goals, the following are necessary:

• Assessing the nutritional, physical and other parameters of the individual and monitoring the same at intervals to assess the improvement.
• Regular evaluation to improve patient outcome in term of quality and quantity of food consumed, weight changes, clinical assessment.
• Eating and feeding assessment to identify need for special foods or eating de- vices as illustrated in Figure.

Dysphagia assessment for textural and other food or feeding modifications.

• Nutritional therapy recommendations based on individual needs. For example, nutritional deficiencies like anemia may have to be identified as iron is required by the neurotransmitters serotonin and dopamine.
• Nutrition counseling of the patient, family and caregiver.