Position of the American Dietetic Association: Liberalized diets for older adults in long-term care

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1316-1323

  Dorner, Becky ^a   Niedert, Kathleen C ^b   Welch, Patricia K ^c  

^a Becky Dorner and Associates   (United States)

^b Western Home Communities   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DIETETICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGING; DIET; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DIET; DIETARY SERVICES; DIETETICS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITION THERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIETIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042123230     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(02)90289-0     Document Type: Article

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