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Caregivers of the elderly
— lack of nutrition knowledge | | Author(s) | Cass Ryan |
| Journal title | Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly, vol 17, no 2, 1997 |
| Pages | pp 35-44 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Nutrition ; Attitude ; Family care ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | A Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) was utilised to determine the nutritional knowledge of clients' caregivers. A chart review was conducted, to obtain demographic data on clients, from which clients' caregivers' names and telephone numbers were also obtained. 78 caregivers completed a questionnaire on their knowledge of nutrition and specific nutritional care behaviours. Scores indicated that their knowledge of nutrition was minimal, despite the fact that many of them were educated beyond high school. However, most of the caregivers believed that their elder received proper nutrition on a daily basis. Data suggests that caregivers' perceptions of proper nutrition may not be based on accurate nutrition knowledge. Focus on educating caregivers on older people's nutritional needs, and on how to recognise signs and symptoms of malnutrition may help with maintaining nutritional status and quality of life. Nutrition education programmes should be made available to caregivers to increase their knowledge of nutrition. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981005008 A |
| Classmark | CF: DP: P6:SJ: 7T |
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