Meals in nursing homes

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 128-134

  Kofod, Jens ^a   Birkemose, Anna ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Meal situation; Nursing home residents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DENMARK; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALNUTRITION; MEAL; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSERVATION; RESIDENTIAL HOME; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATERING SERVICE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; MALE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS INDEX; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 3142676831     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2004.00276.x     Document Type: Article

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