A longitudinal study of feeding difficulty and nursing intervention in elderly patients with dementia

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-32

  Watson, Roger ^a,b   Deary, Ian J ^b  

^a Department of Nursing Studies ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Elderly patients; Feeding difficulty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DEMENTIA; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

AGED; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DEMENTIA; EATING DISORDERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, NURSING; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0031181040     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1997.1997026025.x     Document Type: Article

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