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Effectiveness of interventions to indirectly support food and drink intake in people with dementia: Eating and Drinking Well IN dementiA (EDWINA) systematic review [1]

Risks and prevalence of malnutrition and dehydration are high in older people but even higher in older people with dementia. In the EDWINA (Eating and Drinking Well IN dementiA) systematic review we aimed to assess effectiveness of interventions aiming to improve, maintain or facilitate food/drink intake indirectly, through food service or dining environment modification, education, exercise or behavioural interventions in people with cognitive impairment or dementia (across all settings, levels of care and support, types and degrees of dementia).

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
04/05/2016
Diane K. Bunn [3], Asmaa Abdelhamid [4], Maddie Copley & et al [5]
BMC Geriatrics [6]
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Tags:
Mental Health [7], Aged [8], Malnutrition [9], Nutrition [10], Research [11]
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/effectiveness-interventions-indirectly-support-food-and-drink-intake-people-dementia
[2] http://bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12877-016-0256-8
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/diane-k-bunn
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/asmaa-abdelhamid
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/maddie-copley-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/bmc-geriatrics
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mental-health
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/aged
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/malnutrition
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nutrition
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/research