Nutritional risk, functional status and mortality in newly institutionalised elderly.

Previous studies have reported a close relationship between nutritional and functional domains, but evidence in long-term care residents is still limited. We evaluated the relationship between nutritional risk and functional status and the association of these two domains with mortality in newly institutionalised elderly. In the present multi-centric prospective cohort study, involving 346 long-term care resident elderly, nutritional risk and functional status were determined upon admission by the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI) and the Barthel Index (BI), respectively.

Alzheimer's disease and mortality in traditional long-term care facilities.

Although there is evidence that different types of dementia share similar pathophysiologic mechanisms, research studies support the concept that dementia of the Alzheimer type (AD) is a distinct clinical entity, which may differ in terms of disease progression and outcome. We assessed whether a diagnosis of probable AD in elderly patients admitted to traditional long-term care facilities results in different mortality rates. We analyzed data belonging to a prospective, multi-center (n=4) cohort study involving 378 long-term care facility residents.

Nutritional screening and mortality in newly institutionalised elderly: a comparison between the geriatric nutritional risk index and the mini nutritional assessment.

Background & Aims: Several tools are available for nutritional screening. We evaluated the risk of mortality associated with the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI) and the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) in newly institutionalised elderly.

Methods: A prospective observational study involving 358 elderly newly admitted to a long-term care setting.

Body mass index and mortality in institutionalized elderly.

Objective: Malnutrition and sarcopenia in institutions are very common and significantly affect the prognosis. Aging is characterized by weight and lean body mass losses. Accordingly, in elderly patients, body mass index (BMI) is considered a marker of protein stores rather than of adiposity.

Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index and overall-cause mortality prediction in institutionalised elderly: a 3-year survival analysis.

Background & Aims: A new tool, the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI), was recently proposed to predict short-term complications in elderly medical patients but no information is available when long-term follow-up periods are considered.

Methods: A 3-year follow-up study in 245 institutionalised elderly (51 M:194 F; 83.7+/-8.