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Long term care employees' attitudes regarding feeding the older adult
— a pilot study | | Author(s) | Cass Ryan |
| Journal title | Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly, vol 16, no 4, 1997 |
| Pages | pp 17-25 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Feeding capacity ; Feeding aids ; Long term patients ; Nursing Auxiliary ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Pilot ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | A 20 question opinion survey was used to elicit attitudes and beliefs of employees regarding spoon feeding, tube feeding, withholding/withdrawing nutrition; the level of staff preparation or need for training; and other related issues. Respondents were 318 employees of a US Department of Mental Health's long-term care facility. Most of the respondents were aged under 40, members of the Southern Baptist religion, and held nursing assistant positions. Most staff were comfortable feeding patients, even those with swallowing problems. If allowed adequate time, staff preferred spoon over tube feeding. Staff were split over the ethical dilemmas of withholding or withdrawing nutrition. These findings are important to consider when developing strategies to appropriately train and support staff concerning this difficult issue. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981002005 A |
| Classmark | CA4: MK: LF7:4Q: QTE:4UA: TOB: 4UC: 7T |
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