title: [Finger foods, old-age and autonomy].
abstract: The finger foods project, based on the natural tendency to use the fingers to eat, was initiated by caregivers in response to the problems encountered by some elderly people when eating. It is part of an approach to help people suffering from dementia to feed themselves.
authors.affiliation: Centre hospitalier de Gimont. dieteticienne@hospital-gimont.fr
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nocent
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Martineau
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000523:psychology; D016330:Frail Elderly; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology