Nursing practice and oral fluid intake of older people with dementia

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 2910-2919

  Ullrich, Sandra ^a   McCutcheon, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dementia; Nurses; Nursing; Nursing interventions; Older people; Oral hydration

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEMENTIA; FLUID THERAPY; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; NURSING; NURSING HOME; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FLUID THERAPY; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 53849120946     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02274.x     Document Type: Article

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