DEHYDRATION IN THE COMMUNITY AND NURSING HOMES
Community-dwelling adults. Findings of a recent study by Bossingham and colleagues show that healthy, community-welling older adults have no differences from younger adults in “water consumption,total water intake, water output through urine, total water output, and net water balance.” In this comparison of older and younger adults using a controlled diet, the researchers found “markers of hydration status were within the range of clinical normalcy for all groups.”