People of all ages can be prescribed parenteral nutrition because of varying diseases. Patients with chronic conditions and who need nutritional support can receive parenteral nutrition at home without the need to travel to the hospital. Read
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Home Parenteral Nutrition
– HPN -
is defined as intravenous
feeding administered outside
the hospital, either at home
or in a nursing home.
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"Can a patient on home
Parenteral Nutrition travel?”

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“I had no idea what HPN was
and never heard of it. But
it was the solution that saved my life.”

– Paul, short bowel patient

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“If you’re about to be on
HPN my advice would be to
take your time: it does get
easier as time goes on. For me
it’s given me my life back and
this is invaluable.”

– Christine, cancer patient
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“I can go anywhere I want to with my backpack; it does not stop me doing anything!” – Stephen, Short bowel patient

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Home Nutritional Care
refers to medical nutrition
administered outside the
hospital, either at home
or in a community care
setting.

This website provides information on nutritional care delivered at home, and in particular on home parenteral nutrition.

Good nutrition is an essential part of care. It includes ensuring that patients receive the right nutritional support at the right time, whether in the hospital, in a community or at home.

Patients who cannot sufficiently manage a healthy energy balance through food may require temporary or lifelong nutritional support, using the enteral or the parenteral route depending on their conditions.

Home parenteral nutrition (HPN) is a life-sustaining therapy for adults and children recommended when other forms of nutrition are not tolerated and/or not sufficient to achieve the right nutritional intake. HPN may improve patients’ quality of daily life by enabling them to carry their daily activities and remain active.

In this website, you can learn more about home parenteral nutrition: what it is, who gets it and why, how it works, and what the benefits and risks of it are. Through an interactive map, patients can also look for their local support organisation.

Furthermore, you may listen from the direct experience of patients, how home parenteral nutrition has helped them in their daily life.

Disclaimer: Please consult your healthcare professional to ask for specific guidance on HPN.

Resources

Expert Guidelines on Home Parenteral Nutrition

Guidelines on Home Parenteral Nutrition

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Frequently Asked Questions

Learn more about Home Parenteral Nutrition

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From Hospital to Home with Parenteral Nutrition

Home Parenteral Nutrition video animations

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MNI Medical Nutrition Dossier

Value and effects of Medical Nutrition

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Nutritional care at home - Interview to 2019 ESPEN-ONCA-MNI Joint Session speakers
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Crohn's & Inflammatory bowel disease patient on medical nutrition at home. Interview to M. Lichota
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Why is malnutrition so important to detect? Interview to Prof. Rocco Barazzoni
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To what degrees are patients malnourished in the hospital? Interview to Prof. Animal Marinho
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Why is providing quality nutritional care at home so important? Interview to Frank de Man
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Why do patients need medical nutrition support not only in the hospital? Pr. Rocco Barazzoni replies
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How can the ESPEN guidelines facilitate quality nutritional care of patients at home? Prof. Bischoff
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Nutritional care at home - Interview to 2019 ESPEN-ONCA-MNI Joint Session speakers
Crohn's & Inflammatory bowel disease patient on medical nutrition at home. Interview to M. Lichota
Why is malnutrition so important to detect? Interview to Prof. Rocco Barazzoni
To what degrees are patients malnourished in the hospital? Interview to Prof. Animal Marinho
Why is providing quality nutritional care at home so important? Interview to Frank de Man
Why do patients need medical nutrition support not only in the hospital? Pr. Rocco Barazzoni replies
How can the ESPEN guidelines facilitate quality nutritional care of patients at home? Prof. Bischoff
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Patients on HPN