Nutrition in patients receiving home care in Finland: Tackling the multifactorial problem

Journal of Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 12-17

  Soini, Helena ^a,c   Routasalo, Pirkko ^b   Lauri, Sirkka ^b  

^a Herttoniemi Health Centre   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD SERVICES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33646442078     PISSN: 00989134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00989134-20060401-04     Document Type: Article

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