Prevention of weight loss in dimentia with comprehensive nutritional treatment
Article Abstract:
A study was conducted to determine whether body weight can be maintained or improved in dementia residents of special care units using a comprehensive intervention strategy. It was revealed that body weight can be maintained in residents of special care units regardless of pacing and other clinical characteristics.
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2003
Dementia, Weight loss
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2003
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Anemia and recovery from disability in activities of daily living in hospitalized older persons
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An observational study is conducted to evaluate the relationship between hemoglobin levels and recovery from disability in activities of daily living in hospitalized older persons.
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2006
United States, Analysis, Usage, Epidemiology, Cognition disorders in old age, Geriatric cognitive disorders
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2006
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Subjects list: Health aspects, Research, Aged patients, Elderly patients
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