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| Nutritional and cognitive status in elderly subjects living in service flats, and the effect of nutrition education on personnel | | Author(s) | G F Irving, B A Olsson, T Cederholm |
| Journal title | Gerontology, vol 45, no 4, July/Aug 1999 |
| Pages | pp 187-194 |
| Keywords | Nutrition ; Malnutrition ; Dementia ; Sheltered housing ; Personnel ; Training [welfare work] ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | There is limited knowledge about the nutritional and cognitive status in older and chronically ill people living in sheltered housing (service flats) in Sweden. This study investigated nutritional status and its relationship to cognitive function in 28 older persons living in service flats on 2 occasions with a 6-month interval. The staff answered a questionnaire before and 6 months after an educational programme. Results showed that 15-20% of the individuals studied displayed definite or possible signs of malnutrition. Cognitive function correlated with body mass index (BMI), weight loss and age. The educational programme appeared to increase the nutritional knowledge in the staff. At the 6-month follow-up, the nutritional status of the residents had not deteriorated. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990723216 A |
| Classmark | CF: CSM: EA: KLA: QM: QW: 76P |
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