The feasibility and acceptability of training volunteer mealtime assistants to help older acute hospital inpatients: The Southampton Mealtime Assistance Study

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 21-22, 2014, Pages 3240-3249

  Roberts, Helen C ^a,b   De Wet, Sanet ^c   Porter, Kirsty ^b   Rood, Gemma ^b   Diaper, Norma ^b   Robison, Judy ^b   Pilgrim, Anna L ^a,b   Elia, Marinos ^b   Jackson, Alan A ^b   Cooper, Cyrus ^a   Aihie Sayer, Avan ^a   Robinson, Sian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hospital; Mealtime assistance; Nurses; Nursing; Nutrition; Older; Volunteer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ELDERLY CARE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEAL; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING; NURSING ASSISTANT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; VOLUNTEER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEALS; NURSES' AIDES; STATE MEDICINE; VOLUNTEERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907957073     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12573     Document Type: Article

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