[Finger foods, old-age and autonomy]

Soins Gerontol. 2011 May-Jun:(89):31-3.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The finger foods project, based on the natural tendency to use the fingers to eat, was initiated by caregivers in response to the problems encountered by some elderly people when eating. It is part of an approach to help people suffering from dementia to feed themselves.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Dementia / nursing*
  • Dementia / psychology
  • Feeding Behavior*
  • Food Preferences / psychology
  • Frail Elderly*
  • France
  • Humans
  • Nursing Assessment
  • Nutrition Assessment
  • Nutritional Requirements
  • Personal Autonomy*
  • Protein-Energy Malnutrition / etiology
  • Protein-Energy Malnutrition / nursing*
  • Protein-Energy Malnutrition / prevention & control
  • Protein-Energy Malnutrition / psychology