Enteral nutrition for older adults in nursing facilities

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 261-272

  Dorner, Becky ^a,e   Posthauer, Mary Ellen ^b   Friedrich, Elizabeth K ^c   Robinson, Gretchen E ^d  

^a Becky Dorner and Associates   (United States)

^b MEP Healthcare Dietary Services Inc   (United States)

^c Nutrition and Health Promotion Consultant   (United States)

^d Consultant Dietitian ^*  (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

elder nutritional physiological phenomena; enteral nutrition; ethics, medical; geriatrics; long term care; nutrition assessment; nutrition therapy; nutritional therapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIETITIAN; ENTERIC FEEDING; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE FEEDING; UNITED STATES;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; ELDER NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ENTERAL NUTRITION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE;

EID: 79957483220     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: 19412452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0884533611405794     Document Type: Review

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