The WeanCare nutritional intervention in institutionalized dysphagic older people and its impact on nursing workload and costs: A quasi-experimental study.
Milko Patrick ZaniniGianluca CataniaStefania RipamontiDenis C VisentinAntonio RomanoGiuseppe AleoTimmins FionaLoredana SassoAnnamaria BagnascoPublished in: Journal of nursing management (2021)
Sensitive, targeted nutritional interventions have the potential to improve nursing home residents' quality of life and enable a more efficient use of resources. This study revealed reduced workload and cost savings due to less time spent administering enemas and spoon-feeding, in addition to reduced malnutritional consequences.