An overview of appetite decline in older people

Nursing Older People

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 29-35

  Pilgrim, Anna L ^a,b,c   Robinson, Sian M ^a,b,c   Sayer, Avan Aihie ^a,b,c,d   Roberts, Helen C ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d NIHR Collaborations for Applied Health Research and Care   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appetite; Eating; Malnutrition; Nutritional deficiencies; Strategies; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; APPETITE; DRUG EFFECTS; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; APPETITE; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; GERIATRIC NURSING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84930074676     PISSN: 14720795     EISSN: 20478941     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/nop.27.5.29.e697     Document Type: Article

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