Feeding and Nutrition for People with Dementia in Gerontological Services: A Focus Group Study.

Purpose: This work sought to describe the experience of managers and caregivers with feeding and nutrition for older adults with dementia, in Colombian gerontological services.

Participants And Methods: This is a qualitative focus group study with fourteen gerontological care centers for people with dementia.

Results: The study reveals that care related to food and nutrition for people with dementia is organized based on the comprehensive assessment of the resident.

Nutritional Care for Institutionalized Persons with Dementia: An Integrative Review.

Background: Older people are at risk of malnutrition, especially when they suffer from cognitive impairment. Guidelines that orient nursing care in this regard need to be updated. The aim of this review is to address the best available evidence on interventions that can benefit nutritional nursing care for institutionalized older adults with dementia.

Techno-Functional Properties of Corn Flour with Cowpea () Powders Obtained by Extrusion.

Legumes are a good source of vegetal protein that improves diets worldwide. Cowpea has been used as fortification agents in some traditional corn foods in developing countries such as Colombia. The work aimed to evaluate the physicochemical properties of extruded mixtures of corn and cowpea flours to assess the use of these mixes as vegetable protein ingredients.