Nutritional management of older adults with cognitive decline and dementia

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL2, 2014, Pages 17-22

  Ogawa, Sumito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; FOLIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN B GROUP;

ADULT; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEMENTIA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALNUTRITION; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 84896535069     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12252     Document Type: Review

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