Nutritional intake. Use of touch and verbal cuing.

1. Many hospitalized elderly patients have inadequate nutritional intake. 2. Inexpensive, practical means of improving the nutritional status of elderly patients are needed. 3. Touch, verbal cuing, and the combination of touch and verbal cuing may be effective methods for increasing the nutritional intake of hospitalized elderly patients without severe cognitive dysfunction.

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