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Longitudinal weight changes, length of survival, and energy requirements of long term care residents with dementia
Author(s)	San Y Wang, Naomi Fukagawa, Monir Hossain
Journal title	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 45, no 10, October 1997
Pages	pp 1189-1195
Keywords	Dementia ; Patients [nursing homes] ; Feeding capacity ; Nutrition ; Weight ; Death.
Annotation	Older people with dementia in long term care institutions frequently develop feeding difficulties as their dementia progresses. This longitudinal study examined the changes in weight and the survival curves of two cohorts of long-term care residents with and without dementia or functional impairment. In addition, it looked at the measured resting energy expenditures for a subset of the subjects with dementia as an indicator of their energy needs. On the whole, the study found that residents with dementia had lower weights on admission and throughout their stay, and they were also likely to have a weight loss of more than 10 lbs or more during the study period. However, their mean weights did not change. Resting energy expenditures of women residents were 12% lower than predicted from standard equations. The mean survival from admission was 3 years.
Accession Number	CPA-971127408 A
Classmark	EA: LHB:LF: CA4: CF: 4X6: CW
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