Mealtime difficulty in older people with dementia

Rehman, Salma; Likupe, Gloria; Watson, Roger

Abstract

Aim: To evaluate the evidence published in systematic reviews on the effectiveness of interventions aimed at alleviating mealtime difficulties in older people with dementia. Background: Older people with dementia gradually lose their self-care abilities as the condition of dementia progresses and this includes the ability to eat independently. There is a large body of research into this phenomenon, including into the effectiveness of interventions to alleviate the problems which arise. Recently there have also been several systematic reviews with different conclusions about the effectiveness of these interventions.

Citation

Rehman, S., Likupe, G., & Watson, R. (2019). Mealtime difficulty in older people with dementia. Wikijournal of Medicine, 6(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.15347/wjm/2019.006

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 4, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Nov 8, 2019
• Publication Date: 2019
• Deposit Date: Jan 21, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 21, 2020
• Journal: WikiJournal of Medicine
• Print ISSN: 2002-4436
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 6
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.15347/wjm/2019.006
• Keywords: dementia, feeding, mealtimes, review
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/3113692
• Publisher URL: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/WikiJournal_of_Medicine/Volume_6_Issue_1