Malnutrition in care home residents with dementia

• Published in: The Journal of nutrition, health & aging Vol. 18; no. 6; pp. 595 - 600
• Main Authors: Meijers, Judith M. M, Schols, J. M. G. A, Halfens, R. J. G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Paris Springer-Verlag 2014; Springer Paris; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging; Biological and medical sciences; Body Height; Body Weight; Comorbidity; Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic; Cross-Sectional Studies; Dementia; Dementia - epidemiology; Eating; Feeding. Feeding behavior; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Geriatrics/Gerontology; Homes for the Aged; Humans; Male; malnutrition; Malnutrition - epidemiology; Medical sciences; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Metabolic diseases; Netherlands - epidemiology; Neurosciences; Nursing Homes; Nutrition; Nutritional Status; Other nutritional diseases (malnutrition, nutritional and vitamin deficiencies...); Prevalence; Primary Care Medicine; Quality of Life Research; questionnaires; Surveys and Questionnaires; Universities; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; Weight Loss; Netherlands; dementia; care home; Malnutrition; LPZ; Human; Nutrition disorder; Resident (student); Metabolic diseases; Resident; Degenerative disease; Care; Dementia

Objectives: To investigate the malnutrition prevalence in Dutch care home residents with dementia over the years. Secondly, to examine the relationship of malnutrition and dementia and the role of care dependency and co-morbidity within this relationship. Design: This study is a secondary analysis o...