Development and initial testing of an instrument to establish eating profiles of clients in nursing homes or elderly homes

Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 47-64

  Peeters, Jose M ^a   Francke, Anneke L ^a   Friele, Roland D ^a   Spreeuwenberg, Peter M M ^a   De Graaf, C ^b   Van Beek, A P A ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Eating profiles; Elderly homes; Food; Instrument; Nursing homes; Questionnaire; Residents' perspective together

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SERVICES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 58149339945     PISSN: 01639366     EISSN: 15408566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639360802059712     Document Type: Article

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