Mealtime difficulties in a home for the aged: Not just dysphagia

Dysphagia

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-51

  Steele, Catriona M ^a,b   Greenwood, Carol ^a,c   Ens, Irene ^a   Robertson, Carol ^a   Seidman Carlson, Rhonda ^a  

^a BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Deglutition; Deglutition disorders; Dysphagia; Elderly; Feeding; Food intake; Long term care; Seating

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DYSPHAGIA; FEEDING DISORDER; FOOD INTAKE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAFF TRAINING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DENTURES; DIET; EATING; EATING DISORDERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; ONTARIO; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POSTURE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031029694     PISSN: 0179051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00009517     Document Type: Article

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