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Article: Improving the Nutritional Care of Nursing Home Residents.
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- Nursing Homes
- Article date:
- October 1, 2000
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An investigator finds nursing homes tailing short of this key quality indicator
Mealtime problems in nursing homes are widespread, interdisciplinary and serious. Feeding or assisting residents at mealtime is one of the most time-consuming, but also one of the most important, aspects of care. If residents are not fed adequately, they will become malnourished and dehydrated.
Malnutrition is a common, potentially serious, frequently undetected, yet often avoidable problem in nursing homes. Studies have shown that 35 to 85% of nursing home residents are malnourished, despite state and federal regulations designed to ensure adequate nutrition. [1] There has ...