Malnutrition in an elderly demented population living at home

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 249-251

  Isaia, Gianluca ^a   Mondino, Simona ^a   Germinara, Cristina ^a   Cappa, Giorgetta ^a   Aimonino Ricauda, Nicoletta ^a   Bo, Mario ^a   Isaia, Giovanni Carlo ^a   Nobili, Giulia ^a   Massaia, Massimiliano ^a  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly demented patients; Malnutrition; Mini nutritional assessment (MNA); Neuro psychiatric inventory (NPI)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELUSION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MINI NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT SCORE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY SCORE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BODY MASS INDEX; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 80051666196     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.12.015     Document Type: Article

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