SynthesisThe Gerontologist2019
Obesity and Nursing Home Care in the United States: A Systematic Review.
Synthesis in The Gerontologist, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.
- Challenges to Systems of Long-Term Care: Mapping of the Central Concepts from an Umbrella Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
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- Optimizing nursing home menus in Norway from a sustainability and nutritional perspective.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Antiobesity Medications for Older Adults-the New, the Good, the Bad, and the Unknown.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2025Review
- Acrylamide Intake in Senior Center Canteens: A Total Exposure Assessment Applying the Duplicate Diet Approach.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Factors Associated With the Ability of US Nursing Homes to Accept Residents With Severe Obesity.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2024Article
- Targeting Energy Intake and Circadian Biology to Engage Mechanisms of Aging in Older Adults With Obesity: Calorie Restriction and Time-Restricted Eating.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2023Article
- Body mass index in nursing home residents during the first year after admission.BMC nutrition · 2023Article
- Trends in Obesity Prevalence among US Older Adults in the Last Two Years of Life, 1998-2018.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2023Article
- Prevalence Rates and Characteristics of Malnutrition, Frailty, and Other Nutrition and Muscle Mass-Related Conditions Document Potential Quality of Care Gap for Medicare Patients in US Skilled Nursing Facilities.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The Use and Meaning of the Term Obesity in Rural Older Adults: A Qualitative Study.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2021Article
- Addressing Obesity to Promote Healthy Aging.Clinics in geriatric medicine · 2020Review
- Organizational and Geographic Nursing Home Characteristics Associated With Increasing Prevalence of Resident Obesity in the United States.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2020Article
- Obesity and intensive staffing needs of nursing home residents.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.) · 2018Article
- Nursing home directors of nursing experiences regarding safety among residents with obesity.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)Article
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Authors and funding
2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesObesity is increasing among people residing in nursing homes, and resident obesity substantially affects services needed, equipment and facilities provided, and morbidity in this setting. The purpose of this article is to describe the scope and depth of evidence regarding the impact of obesity among nursing home residents in the United States. RESEARCH DESIGN AND
methodsA systematic literature review was performed in PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, and Web of Science databases as well as additional hand-searched documents. Included articles were published from 1997 to March 2017. The characteristics and content of the included articles were systematically reviewed and reported.
resultsTwenty-eight studies met inclusion criteria for review. The median study size was 636 residents (interquartile range 40-11,248); 18 (64%) studies were retrospective and 10 (36%) were prospective in nature. Ten (36%) studies examined medical and functional morbidity, 10 (36%) examined health system effects, and 5 (18%) examined the risk of admission to nursing homes. Most studies found that obesity poses serious issues to resident health and the provision of health care, as well as broad health system and nursing challenges in the provision of high-quality nursing home care and services. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: Although obesity affects about one in four nursing home residents in the United States, relatively limited evidence exists on the complex challenges of obesity for their residents and their care. A continued focus on resident quality of life, health system improvement, and nursing best practices for properly caring for individuals with obesity is needed.
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