Nursing home characteristics associated with tube feeding in advanced cognitive impairment

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-79

  Mitchell, Susan L ^a,b,c,d   Kiely, Dan K ^a,b,c   Gillick, Muriel R ^a,b,c  

^a H Rehab Ctr Aged R Train Inst   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Nursing home; Tube feeding

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECUBITUS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUBE FEEDING;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOMES; PRESSURE ULCER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037243064     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1601-5215.2002.51013.x     Document Type: Article

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