Benefits of family mealtimes for nursing home residents: Protecting mealtimes may similarly benefit elderly inpatients [8]

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7553, 2006, Pages 1334-1335

  Das, Abhay K ^a   McDougall, Tina ^b   Smithson, Jacqueline A J ^b   West, Robert M ^c  

^a Pontefract General Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

^b HULL AND EAST YORKSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; BODY WEIGHT; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; GRIP STRENGTH; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; AGED; HOME FOR THE AGED; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; NOTE; NURSING HOME; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33744978752     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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