Health, wellbeing and nutritional status of older people living in UK care homes: An exploratory evaluation of changes in food and drink provision

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kenkmann, Andrea ^a   Price, Gill M ^a   Bolton, Joanne ^b   Hooper, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b St Nicholas House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOOD; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEVERAGES; FEMALE; FOOD; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 77952704896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-10-28     Document Type: Article

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