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Resident Complaints About the Nursing Home Food Service: Relationship to Cognitive Status

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  • Sandra F. Simmons
  • Patrick Cleeton
  • Tracy Porchak

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Most nursing home (NH) residents are not interviewed about their satisfaction with the food service due to cognitive impairment. The purpose of this study was to determine the proportion of NH residents able to complete a structured interview to assess food complaints when no cognitive status criteria were used to exclude residents from interview. Eighty-nine percent of 163 residents were able and willing to complete the interview, and 65% expressed complaints about the NH food service. Residents who expressed complaints ate less of their meals, had less cognitive impairment, and had more depressive symptoms than those who did not. This study shows that the majority of NH residents are able to reliably answer questions about their satisfaction with the food service, regardless of cognitive status, and the presence of complaints is related to poor meal intake and depressive symptoms. Copyright 2009, Oxford University Press.

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  • Sandra F. Simmons & Patrick Cleeton & Tracy Porchak, 2009. "Resident Complaints About the Nursing Home Food Service: Relationship to Cognitive Status," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 64(3), pages 324-327.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:geronb:v:64b:y:2009:i:3:p:324-327
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    1. Ingrid Hanssen & Britt Moene Kuven, 2016. "Moments of joy and delight: the meaning of traditional food in dementia care," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 25(5-6), pages 866-874, March.

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