Encouraging, assisting and time to EAT: Improved nutritional intake for older medical patients receiving Protected Mealtimes and/or additional nursing feeding assistance

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 543-549

  Young, Adrienne M ^a,b   Mudge, Alison M ^a   Banks, Merrilyn D ^a,b   Ross, Lynda J ^a   Daniels, Lynne ^b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Energy intake; Feeding; Hospitalization; Malnutrition; Mealtimes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN INTAKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANOREXIA; AUSTRALIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEALS; NURSES' AIDES; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879462198     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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