Consistency of supplied food and dentition status of the elderly in residential care homes

• Main Authors: Yoshiaki Nomura (Author), Ayako Okada (Author), Erika Kakuta (Author), Ryoko Otsuka (Author), Kaoru Sogabe (Author), Kiyoshige Yamane (Author), Taku Yamamoto (Author), Yuko Shigeta (Author), Shuji Shigemoto (Author), Takumi Ogawa (Author), Nobuhiro Hanada (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The association between oral health and malnutrition has been investigated in detail. The nutrition of elderly subjects in residential care homes is determined by caregivers, dietitians or nutritionists and managed by changing the consistency of their supplied food. However, few...