title: Sociocultural context of nutrition in care homes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate factors that influenced nutritional care provided in two different types of residential care settings.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study used qualitative methods, including focus group interviews with relevant staff members, individual interviews with managers and residents of the care homes and their informal carers, observation of food preparation and mealtimes throughout the day and analysis of appropriate documents.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data were analysed thematically, and this article describes one of the four main themes that emerged: the relationship between social context and residents' eating and drinking experiences.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Greater understanding of the sociocultural context of eating and drinking in residential care settings may be used to inform nursing practice in relation to meeting older people's nutritional needs in other settings.
authors.affiliation: Swansea University.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Philpin
authors.forename: Joy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Merrell
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Warring
authors.forename: Vic
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gregory
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hobby
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004046:Dietetics; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009752:Nutritional Status