Nutritional status among older residents with dementia in open versus special care units in municipal nursing homes: An observational study

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Aukner, Carine ^a   Eide, Helene Dahl ^b   Iversen, Per Ole ^c  

^a Atlantis Medical College   (Norway)

^b OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dementia; Nursing home; Nutritional status; Open unit; Special care unit; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORWAY; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MALE; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 84874942935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-13-26     Document Type: Article

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