Cultural perspectives in feeding difficulty in Taiwanese elderly with dementia

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-240

  Chang, Chia Chi ^a   Roberts, Beverly L ^b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia elderly; Feeding difficulty; Nursing home; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; EATING DISORDER; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; EATING DISORDERS; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; TAIWAN;

EID: 50249090096     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2008.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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