Malnutrition prevalence and nutrition issues in residential aged care facilities

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 189-194

  Gaskill, Deanne ^a   Black, Lucinda J ^b   Isenring, Elisabeth A ^a   Hassall, Stacey ^c   Sanders, Fran ^a   Bauer, Judith D ^d  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c Business Improvement Team   (Australia)

^d Wesley Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Frail elderly; Geriatric nursing; Malnutrition; Nursing home; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOMES; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; QUEENSLAND; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 54949152235     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2008.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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