title: The Memorial Meal Mates: a program to improve nutrition in hospitalized older adults.
abstract: A common problem among older hospitalized patients is inadequate nutritional intake. The Memorial Meal Mates project was developed to address this problem. College-aged volunteers were provided a 3-hour in-service taught by an interdisciplinary team. During a 2-month period, the Memorial Meal Mates fed 34 patients, who were compared with 34 other patients fed by nursing staff. The mean intake of the Meal Mates group was 58.88%, compared with the mean intake of the control group of 32.45%. Patients fed by the volunteers nearly doubled their intake over those fed by nursing staff.
authors.affiliation: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Sherry
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: Dee
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Clump
authors.forename: Tina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Weitzel
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Cathy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: Peggy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Egizii
authors.forename: Lynne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Metz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control; D002149:Energy Intake; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D014838:Volunteers / Q000193:education