Adult Social Care Glossary, v 0.6

In Regulation 14 of The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014, 'nutritional and hydration needs' means:
- A person's need to receive suitable and nutritious food and hydration that is adequate to sustain life and good health.
- A person's need to receive parenteral nutrition (feeding intravenously to get nutrition into the body through the veins) and dietary supplements when prescribed by a health care professional.
- Meeting any reasonable requirements of a person using the service for food and hydration arising from their preferences or their religious or cultural background, and
- If necessary, supporting people to eat or drink.