Addressing the nutritional needs of older patients

Nursing Older People

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 16-19

  Relph, Wendy Ling ^a  

^a EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care planning; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Nutritional screening; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC NURSING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; NURSING; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; SARCOPENIA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC NURSING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 84963719735     PISSN: 14720795     EISSN: 20478941     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/nop.28.3.16.s22     Document Type: Article

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