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| Factors contributing to dehydration in nursing homes: inadequate staffing and lack of professional supervision | | Author(s) | Jeanie Kayser-Jones, Ellen S Schell, Carol Porter |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 47, no 10, October 1999 |
| Pages | pp 1187-1194 |
| Keywords | Dehydration ; Patients [nursing homes] ; Personnel ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Dehydration is the most common fluid and electrolyte disorder in long-term care settings and among frail older people in the community. This study investigated the factors that influenced fluid intake among 40 nursing home residents who were not eating well. Findings revealed that the residents' mean fluid intake was inadequate; 39 of the 40 residents consumed less than 1500 ml per day. The amount of fluid consumed with and between meals was low. Some residents took no fluids for extended periods of time, which resulted in their fluid intake being erratic and inadequate even when it was resumed. Clinical (undiagnosed dysphagia, cognitive and functional impairment, lack of pain management), sociocultural (lack of social support, inability to speak English, and lack of attention to individual beverage preferences) and institutional factors (inadequate staffing, poor supervision of nursing assistants) contributed to low fluid intake. During the data collection, 25 of the 40 residents had illnesses/conditions that may have been related to dehydration. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-991201212 A |
| Classmark | CST: LHB:LF: QM: 7T |
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