Aging Research

Studies from University of Haifa describe new findings in aging research

Published in Nursing Home and Elder Business Week, August 30th, 2009

According to recent research from Haifa, Israel, "Nurses in the community are in contact with the elderly at different levels of care. The aim of this study was to assess nurses' knowledge and attitudes regarding nutritional-care for the elderly, and the impact of their attitude on the quality of assessment-care they provide to this growing population in need of nutritional-care."

"A structured questionnaire was distributed by mail to 600 nurses working in Maccabi-Health-Care-Services (MHS). The questionnaire assessed different aspects of elderly nutrition. The vast majority (91%) of the participants reported treating elderly in their practice. Religious nurses and the...

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Source: Nursing Home and Elder Business Week (2009-08-30)

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