‘I’ve never drunk very much water and I still don’t, and I see no reason to do so’: a qualitative study of the views of community-dwelling older people and carers on hydration in later life
Cini Bhanu, Christina Avgerinou, Kalpa Kharicha, Yehudit Bauernfreund, Helen Croker, Ann Liljas, Jennifer Rea, , Maggie Kirby-Barr, Jane Hopkins, Kate Walters
Dehydration is associated with significant adverse outcomes in older people despite being largely preventable and treatable. Little research has focused on the views of community-dwelling older people on hydration, healthy drinking and the perceived importance of drinking well in later life.