Feeding nursing home patients with severe dementia: A qualitative study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 304-311

  Pasman, H Roeline W ^a,b   The, B Anne Mei ^a   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje D ^a   Van Der Wal, Gerrit ^a   Ribbe, Miel W ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dementia; Eating difficulties; Nurses; Nursing homes; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; EATING; FLUID THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; DEMENTIA; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 0037967283     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02620.x     Document Type: Article

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