Dining experience, foodservices and staffing are associated with quality of life in elderly nursing home residents

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 565-570

  Carrier, N ^a   West, G E ^b   Ouellet, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Cognitive impairment; Dishes; Long term care; Mealtime; Seating

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CATERING SERVICE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NUTRITION SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STAFF NURSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANPOWER; NURSING HOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 73449107211     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-009-0108-8     Document Type: Article

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