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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...
Autores principales: | Howson, Fiona F A, Robinson, Sian M, Lin, Sharon X, Orlando, Rosanna, Cooper, Cyrus, Sayer, Avan A P, Roberts, Helen C |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2018
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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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