Measuring feeding difficulty in patients with dementia: perspectives and problems
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Advanced Nursing
- Vol. 18 (1), 25-31
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.1993.18010025.x
Abstract
The feeding problems of demented elderly people are well documented and the need for research into the assessment of feeding difficulty and intervention by nurses has been raised The present paper re...Keywords
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