Food security: Who is being excluded? A case of older people with dementia in long-term care homes

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 685-691

  Vahabi, Mandana ^a,b,c   Martin, L Schindel ^a,b,d  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b and At risk Populations Research Cluster   (Canada)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Ontario Nurses Association   (Canada)

Author keywords

cognitively impaired; food insecurity; food satisfaction; long term care facilities homes; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INSECURITY; FOOD SECURITY; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MONITORING; NURSING HOME PATIENT; SATISFACTION; CATERING SERVICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING; NURSING HOME; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; COGNITION DISORDERS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 84919673398     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-014-0501-9     Document Type: Article

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