Nursing home staff delivery of oral liquid nutritional supplements to residents at risk for unintentional weight loss

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1372-1376

  Simmons, Sandra F ^a   Patel, Ashish V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Nursing homes; Nutrition; Quality; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETITIAN; DRINKING; EATING; FEEDING; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALNUTRITION; MEAL; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING STAFF; NUTRITION THERAPY; PHARMACEUTICAL SOLUTIONS; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33744921311     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00688.x     Document Type: Article

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