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Benefits of family mealtimes for nursing home residents: Protecting mealtimes may similarly benefit elderly inpatients
BMJ 2006; 332 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.332.7553.1334-d (Published 01 June 2006) Cite this as: BMJ 2006;332:1334
- Abhay K Das (abhaylopa@yahoo.co.uk), consultant physician,
- Tina McDougall, head of dietetics,
- Jacqueline A J Smithson, consultant gastroenterologist,
- Robert M West, lecturer
- Pontefract General Infirmary, Pontefract WF8 1PL
- Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Hull HU3 2JZ
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9LN
EDITOR—The study by Nijs et al of Dutch elderly nursing home residents showed that improving the ambience at mealtimes prevents a decline in body weight.1 A decline in nutritional status during hospital stay may be the result not only of illness but also of problems with feeding and catering policies, such as poor environment, lack …
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