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ArticleJournal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society2018

Comparison Between Quality of Care Provided by Trained Feeding Assistants and Certified Nursing Assistants During Between-Meal Supplementation in Long-Term Care Settings.

Emily K Hollingsworth, Emily A Long, Sandra F Simmons

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Article in Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Emily K Hollingsworth1 Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Emily A Long1 Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Sandra F Simmons1 Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.

Funding

Cost-Effectiveness of Two Nutrition Interventions in Long-Term CareR01AG033828 · NIA · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI SIMMONS, SANDRA F · 2011 to 2014
$1.6M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG033828
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare the quality of feeding assistance provided by trained non-nursing staff with care provided by certified nursing assistants (CNAs). Research staff provided an 8-hr training course that met federal and state requirements to non-nursing staff in five community long-term care facilities. Trained staff were assigned to between-meal supplement and/or snack delivery for 24 weeks. Using standardized observations, research staff measured feeding assistance care processes between meals across all study weeks. Trained staff, nurse aides, and upper level staff were interviewed at 24 weeks to assess staff perceptions of program impact. Trained staff performed significantly better than CNAs for 12 of 13 care process measures. Residents also consumed significantly more calories per snack offer from trained staff ( M = 130 ± 126 [ SD] kcal) compared with CNAs ( M = 77 ± 94 [ SD] kcal). The majority of staff reported a positive impact of the training program.

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EatingNursing HomesQuality of Health CareAgedAged, 80 and overEnergy IntakeFemaleHelping BehaviorHumansLong-Term CareMaleNursing AssistantsSnacksfeeding assistant regulationlong-term carenutrition/weight lossstaff training

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PMID27664171
PMCPMC9422897

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