Improving food provision in a Guyanese home for the elderly: A participatory approach

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 552-558

  Hewitt, Gillian ^a   Draper, Alizon ^a   Ismail, Suraiya ^a   Patterson, Sybil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Guyana Association of Professional Social Workers   (Guyana)

Author keywords

Diet; Elderly; Guyana; Participation; Residential homes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRUIT; GUYANA; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; KITCHEN; MALE; MEAL; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RICE; SOYBEAN; VEGETABLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GUYANA; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MENU PLANNING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; QUALITY OF LIFE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 34248342990     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007246804     Document Type: Article

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