Strategies for feeding patients with dementia

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 36-44

  Chang, Chia Ch ^a   Roberts, Beverly L ^b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; dementia; feeding difficulties; malnutrition

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMENTIA; EATING DISORDER; EDUCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; EATING DISORDERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 79955025787     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000396553.01996.5e     Document Type: Article

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