"The food here is tasteless!" Food taste or tasteless food? Chemosensory loss and the politics of under-nutrition

Collegian

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-35

  Wylie, Kim ^a   Nebauer, Monica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Chemosensory loss; Older people; Person centred treatment strategies; Under nutrition

Indexed keywords

AGED; APPETITE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATERING SERVICE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; SMELLING DISORDER; TASTE DISORDER;

AGED; APPETITE; AUSTRALIA; FOOD SERVICES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOMES; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; OLFACTION DISORDERS; TASTE DISORDERS;

EID: 79751527226     PISSN: 13227696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colegn.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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