Resident complaints about the nursing home food service: Relationship to cognitive status

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 324-327

  Simmons, Sandra F ^a,b,c   Cleeton, Patrick ^a   Porchak, Tracy ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive status; Food service; Nutrition; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAL; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NUTRITION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 65349157355     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbp007     Document Type: Article

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