Nutritional status and related factors in elderly nursing home residents: comparative cross-sectional study in migrants and native Germans.

Former guest workers in Germany who stayed on after retirement are now older than 70 years. Nursing homes (NH) are broadening their offer to meet specific requirements of this population. The nutritional status and related problems of the older ethnic minority group living in German NH has so far not been investigated.

Institutional factors associated with the nutritional status of residents from 10 German nursing homes (ErnSTES study).

Objectives: In nursing homes malnutrition among residents is widespread. Because residents place part of their personal freedom of choice into institutional hands, institution-specific factors may influence nutritional status of residents.

Design: Multi-centre cross-sectional study.