[Prevalence of malnutrition in Spanish institutionalized older people: a multicentric nationwide analysis].

Introduction: Deficient nutritional status has important implications on vulnerable people's health status, such as those with chronic diseases or older people in situation of dependency.

Objective: To examine SARquavitae centers users' nutritional status at admission.

Material And Methods: Health, cognitive and functional status of people admitted to any company centers during 2012 was studied.

[Development of a tool for recording involvement/engagement in activities in the systematic observation of elderly persons with cognitive impairment].

Introduction: As the level of cognitive impairment in people with dementia increases, it seems that the interventions aimed at this group do not obtain the expected results. Thus, it is clear that there is a need to develop specific assessment tools. One of the important aspects in people with dementia is the engagement, involvement in task and activities.