At Musgrove Park Hospital, Droplet users drank on average 63% more than those without.
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A series of spoken messages and flashing lights in the base remind the person to drink, and the timing of the reminders can be adjusted to suit the individual’s needs.ĭroplet has been developed in consultation with over 100 healthcare professionals and older people. The solutionĭroplet is a smart hydration reminder, designed to combat dehydration in community-based and acute environments.ĭroplet cups and tumblers have detachable electronic reminder bases. The most effective intervention is through personal prompting, but in busy hospital wards this is often impossible to do effectively and at home there is no current alternative. However, maintaining adequate hydration remains a challenge. Dehydration results in emergency hospital admissions, poor clinical outcomes and extended stays in hospital, and emergency readmissions following discharge.Įxisting strategies to promote better hydration only really exist within a clinical environment. Here you will find resources available to download.There are almost four million vulnerable people currently living in the community, often alone, who are at serious risk of dehydration. The pack includes: self-screening tools guides the nutrition wheel the Patient’s Association Nutrition Checklist BAPEN online self-screening tool eating well in later life This resource pack is for anyone who works or volunteers with older people in the community, be that in a community organisation or faith group, care home, domiciliary care, or a volunteer at a lunch club, coffee morning, befriending scheme and so on.
Pack 2 contains general information which is relevant for all older people:
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