Can trained volunteers improve the mealtime care of older hospital patients? An implementation study in one English hospital

OBJECTIVE: Multinational studies report undernutrition among 39% older inpatients; importantly, malnutrition risk may further increase while in hospital. Contributory factors include insufficient mealtime assistance from time-pressured hospital staff. A pilot study showed trained volunteers could sa...

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Autores principales: Howson, Fiona F A, Robinson, Sian M, Lin, Sharon X, Orlando, Rosanna, Cooper, Cyrus, Sayer, Avan A P, Roberts, Helen C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
Materias:
Geriatric Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6078263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30082361
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022285

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6078263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30082361
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022285

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