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| Factors influencing the proportion of food consumed by nursing home residents with dementia | | Author(s) | Elaine J Amella |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 47, no 7, July 1999 |
| Pages | pp 879-885 |
| Keywords | Nutrition ; Food ; Diet ; Dementia ; Residents [care homes] ; Nursing homes ; Care home staff. |
| Annotation | Assessment of and interventions for promoting eating in people with late-stage dementia have primarily focused on safe feeding and methods to promote ingestion of nutrients by various means. Using Social Exchange Theory, this study examined how the quality of the interaction between caregiver and care receiver influenced the proportion of food eaten by those with late-stage dementia. 53 nursing home residents with late stage dementia and Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) were observed during the breakfast meal. The proportion of food eaten was measured by weight. Specific resident behaviours and the CNA's ability to allow another person to control a relationship were most predictive of the variance in the proportion of food consumed. The quality of the resident-CNA interaction accounted for 32% of the variance in the proportion of food eaten. Because eating is the most social of all activities of daily living (ADLs) and is culturally bound, clinicians need to examine the interactional components of meals within the caregiving dyad, when a person with late-stage dementia fails to ingest adequate nutrients. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990825322 A |
| Classmark | CF: YP: CFD: EA: KX: LHB: QRM |
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