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Conditions for Nutritional Care of Elderly Individuals with Dementia and Their Caregivers: An Exploratory Study

Paola Sarmiento-González,
Maria Elisa Moreno-Fergusson,
Luz Indira Sotelo-Diaz,
Gabriela Rabe Caez-Ramírez,
Laura Nathaly Ramírez-Flórez and
Beatriz Sánchez-Herrera

Nutrients2025, 17(6), 1007;https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17061007

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13 March 2025

Background/Objective: Although the context, personal conditions, and caregivers’ abilities influence the nutrition of older people with dementia, adequate parameters are not always applied to identify these conditions. The aim of this study was...

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A Proof of Concept of a Mobile Health Application to Support Professionals in a Portuguese Nursing Home

Márcia Esteves,
Marisa Esteves,
António Abelha and
José Machado

Sensors2019, 19(18), 3951;https://doi.org/10.3390/s19183951

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12 September 2019

Over the past few years, the rapidly aging population has been posing several challenges to healthcare systems worldwide. Consequently, in Portugal, nursing homes have been getting a higher demand, and health professionals working in these facilities...

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Emotional Universe of Nurse Case Managers Regarding Care for Elderly at Risk in Spain: A Hermeneutical Study

Ángeles Pastor-López,
Pedro E. Ventura-Puertos,
José Hernández-Ascanio,
Vanesa Cantón-Habas,
Pablo Martínez-Angulo and
Manuel Rich-Ruiz

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health2022, 19(24), 16445;https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416445

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8 December 2022

The role of nurse case managers (NCM) involves a rarely visible emotional labor, even more when their role focuses on the care of elders at risk (EAR). Motivated by the lack of qualitative research on the emotional universe of NCM, this study explore...

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