Cognitively impaired residents' risk of malnutrition is influenced by foodservice factors in long-term care

Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 73-87

  Carrier, Natalie ^a   West, Gale E ^b   Ouellet, Denise ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b Département d'économie Agroalimentaire et des Sciences de la Consommation

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dementia; Elderly; Foodservice; Longterm care; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CATERING SERVICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; METHODOLOGY; NURSING HOME; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEW BRUNSWICK; NURSING HOMES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34548721047     PISSN: 01639366     EISSN: 15408566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J052v25n03_06     Document Type: Article

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