Post-discharge nutrition care post hip fracture: a feasibility study

Once recruited, patients will be enrolled in the study and given an identification (ID) number. They will be sequentially recruited into the control group (pre-implementation phase) and intervention groups (implementation phase). The first 70 patients will be recruited into the control group and the following 70 will be recruited into the intervention group). Intervention: Patients in the intervention (implementation phase) group will receive usual care which includes: - Timely surgery - Orthogeriatric co-care - Multidisciplinary, multimodal inpatient nutrition care, including: o Nutrition assessment o High protein/energy diet choices o High protein/energy dietary advice o High protein/energy oral nutrition supplements o Medical management of nutrition impacting symptoms o Mealtime assistance and support o Coordination of care including consideration of post-discharge oral nutrition supplements and/or Meals on Wheels, referral to primary care provider including discharge summary with nutrition status / nutrition care plan documented. Plus in-kind provision of home delivery of Lite-n-Easy full meal package (3 meals/day for 8 weeks) post hospital discharge, per standard processes defined by Lite-n-Easy: - Provision of patient-selected breakfast, lunch and dinner meals from the ‘My Choice’ protein- and energy-dense range (details found at https://www.liteneasy.com.au/my-choice) - Weekly contact from the Lite-n-Easy call centre regarding meal plan choices for the following week and/or any issues regarding products or delivery; and - To- or in-house delivery as per the individual’s preference. Participants are permitted to consume meals outside of the provisions from Lite-n-Easy. Food intake will not be supervised, however food intake will be collected at 4-weeks and 8-weeks post discharge, using a 24hr recall methodology. No other strategies will be used to monitor intake or adherence to meals.