The feasibility and acceptability of training volunteer mealtime assistants to help older acute hospital inpatients: the Southampton Mealtime Assistance Study.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To determine the feasibility and acceptability of using trained volunteers as mealtime assistants for older hospital inpatients. BACKGROUND: Poor nutrition among hospitalised older patients is common in many countries and associated with poor outcomes. Competing time pressures o...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2014
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