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Nutrition Screening

Laporte M, Villalon L, Payette H. Simple nutrition screening tools for healthcare facilities: development and validity assessment. Can J Diet Pract Res. 2001;62:26-34.

Soderhamn U, Soderhamn O. Reliability and validity of the nutritional form for the elderly (NUFFE). J Adv Nurs. 2002;37:28-34.

White JV, Blackburn GL. Nutrition screening and intervention in nursing facilities: A practical, systematic approach. J Med Direction. 1993;3:33-37.

Nutrition Assessment

Beck C. Dentification and assessment of effective services and interventions: the nursing home perspective. Aging Ment Health. 2001;5 Suppl 1:S99-111.

Blaum CS, O'Neill EF, Clements KM, Fries BE, Fiatrone MA. Validity of the minimum data set for assessing nutritional status in nursing home residents. Am J Clin Nutr. 1997;66:787-794.

Burkholder VR, Gullickson KA, Dieken HA. A nutrition screening and assessment tool for use with the elderly in extended care. J Am Diet Assoc. 1990;90(suppl):A-48. Abstract.

Center for Disease control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics. Aging Trends:The Changing Profile of Nursing Home Residents: 1985-1997. (03/01)

Chernoff R. Meeting the nutritional needs of the elderly in the institutional setting. Nutr Rev. 1994;52(4):132-136.

Cooper C, Cannon M, Briones ER. Nutritional status of elderly male residents of a Veterans Administration extended care facility. J Am Diet Assoc. 1990;90(suppl):A-96. Abstract.

Danells G, McLellan S. Interdisciplinary nutrition care: The Eldercare Performance Improvement Project. J Am Diet Assoc. 1995;95(suppl):A-82. Abstract.

Ellis JR, Cowles ED. Physician response to dietary recommendations in long-term-care facilities. J Am Diet Assoc. 1995;95:1424-1425.

Fowler E, Trnavsky M. Serum prealbumin in measurement of nutrition status and monitoring nutrition support outcome in a subacute skilled nursing unit. J Am Diet Assoc. 1999;99(suppl):A-120. Abstract.

Frisoni GB, Franzoni S, Rozzini R, Ferrucci L, Boffelli S, Trabucchi M. A nutritional index predicting mortality in the nursing home. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1994;42:1167-1172.

Gallagher-Allred C, ed. ROSS Forums on Long-Term Care for Clinical Nutrition Services. Ross. 1994.

Girodon F, Lombard M, Galan P, Brunet-Lecomte P, Monget A, Arnaud J, Preziosi P, Hercberg S. Effect of micronutrient supplementation on infection in institutionalized elderly subjects: a controlled trial. Ann Nutr Metab. 1997;41(2):98-107.

Hughes SL, Conrad KJ, Manheim LM, Edelman PL. Impact of long-term care on mortality, functional status, and unmet need. Health Serv Res. 1988;23:269-294.

Jackobs MK. A quality assurance study of selected serum values of elderly residents in a long term care facility. J Am Diet Assoc. 1994;94(suppl):A-45. Abstract.

Jackobs MK. Megestrol Acetate: A medical nutrition therapy tool to effect positive weight outcomes in the elderly. J Am Diet Assoc. 1999;99(suppl):A-119. Abstract.

Krenkel JA, Perumean-Chaney SE. Prealbumin and outcomes in a long-term care facility. J Am Diet Assoc. 1999;99(suppl):A-116. Abstract.

Livingston J, Reeves RD. Undocumented potential drug interactions found in medical records of elderly patients in a long-term-care facility. J Am Diet Assoc. 1993;93:1168-1170.

Matthews LE. Living with OBRA-Nutritional assessment and review. J Nutr Elder. 1993;12:71-75.

McMurtry CT, Rosenthal A. Predictors of 2-year mortality among older male veterans on a geriatric rehabilitation unit. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1995;43:1123-1126.

Oakland MJ, Speer MG. Dietetic research in long-term care facilities: Nutrient intake and nutritional status indicators in the oldest old. Top Clin Nutr. 1993;8:26-31.

Pokrywka H, Koffler KH, Remsburg R, Bennett RG, Roth J, Tayback M, Wright JE. Accuracy of patient care staff in estimating and documenting meal intake of nursing home residents. J Am Geriatr Soc.1997;45:1223-1227.

Robinson S, Giacoppe J, Hoffman P, Roubenoff R. The use of a nutritional diagnostic service in a long term setting. J Am Diet Assoc. 1995;95(suppl):A-59. Abstract.

Roubenoff R, Giacoppe J, Richardson S, Hoffman PJ. Nutrition assessment in long-term care facilities. Nutr Rev. 1996;54:S40-42.

Rowan ML, et al. Nutritional status of the frail elderly in an acute-care eldercare service. Nutrition Screening 2: New Approaches to Care, An Interdisciplinary Strategy; 1993 May 10; Washington, DC. Washington, DC: Nutrition Screening Initiative; 1993.

Sadhna D, Ivy c, Merino D, Brower T. Assessing Need for Intensive Case Management in Long-Term Care. Gerontologist. 2001;41: 680-686.

Siler NP. Anthropometric measurements as a determinant of nutritional status in a skilled nursing home. J Am Diet Assoc. 1991;91(suppl):A-49. Abstract.

Silver AJ, Morley JE, Strome LS, Jones D, Vickers L. Nutritional status in an academic nursing home. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1988;36:487-491.

Simmons SF, Reuben D. Nutritional intake and monitoring for nursing home residents: a comparison of staff documents, direct observation, and photography methods. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2000;48:209-217.

Simmons SF, Schnelle JF John F. The Identification of Residents Capable of Accurately Describing Daily Care. Implications for Evaluating Nursing Home Care Quality. Gerontologist. 2001;41:605-611

Sullivan DH, Moriarty MS, Chernoff R, Lipschitz DA. Patterns of care: An analysis of the quality of nutritional care routinely provided to elderly hospitalized veterans. J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 1989;13:249-254.

Sullivan DH, Walls RC. Impact of nutritional status on morbidity in a population of geriatric rehabilitation patients. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1994;42:471-477.

Sullivan DH, Walls RC, Lipschitz DA. Protein-energy undernutrition and the risk of mortality within 1 y of hospital discharge in a select population of geriatric rehabilitation patients. Am J Clin Nutr. 1991;53:599-605.

Top Type I recommendations for 2000. "Nutritional assessment" listed for hospitals, behavioral health, and home care. Health Care Food Nutr Focus. 2001;17:1,3-5.

Varma RN, Spowart LK. Protein-energy malnutrition and iron deficiency in elderly nursing home residents. J Am Diet Assoc. 1998;98(suppl):A-93. Abstract.

Policy and Practice Issues

Hoffman DR. The False Claims Act as a remedy to the inadequate provision of nutrition and wound care to nursing home residents. Adv Wound Care. 1996;9(5):25-9.

Melding PS. Can we improve pain management in nursing homes? Med J Aust. 2002;177:5-6.

Zimmerman S, Chandler JM, Hawkes W, Sloane PD, Hebel JR, Magaziner J, Martin AR, Girman CJ. Effect of fracture on the health care use of nursing home residents. Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:1502-1508.

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