The effect of staff care practices on nursing home residents' preferences: Implications for individualizing care

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 216-221

  Simmons, Sandra F ^a,b   Levy Storms, Lené ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Care individualization; Dining; Nursing homes; Nutritional care quality; Preferences; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PLACE PREFERENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33646687968     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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